On October 10, 2016, Serbian customs officials at the Gradina border crossing point with Bulgaria discovered and seized nearly 2,500 pairs of boots believed to infringe the CAT® trademark.

On September 17, 2010, Serbia deposited its instrument of accession to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks.

The Kosovo PTO has recently started to accept trademark availability search requests.

The draft of Serbia's new Trademark Act strives to remove shortcomings in the existing trademark legislation and further harmonize Serbian laws with those of the European Union.

The representatives of the PETOŠEVIĆ office in Belgrade and the representatives of Delta Sport, the exclusive distributor of Nike in the Balkan region, have recently organized and witnessed the destruction of 1,704 textile products found to infringe the intellectual property rights of Nike.

PETOŠEVIĆ Serbia representatives and local customs authorities organized and witnessed the destruction of various goods found to infringe the intellectual property rights...

It seems that the promotional efforts of the Intellectual Property Office of Serbia have been effective. According to statistics from the IP Office for 2013, the number of trademark applications increased by 40%, the number of patent applications increased by 5% and industrial design applications increased by 42% compared to last year.

A discussion on the amendments brought to the law on trademarks.

The largest German IP event in 2013 is the annual conference of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property which gathered over 700 professionals from more than 30 states.

A discussion on the latest IP updates from South East Europe.

After much rescheduling and protraction, the long-awaited new Trademark Act was finally adopted on 24 January 2020 and came into force a week later.

The new Law on Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products launched.

When the owner of a leading French industrial company was asked to choose between the fire in his factory and the loss of his trademark, he claimed he would choose fire, because the new factory could be built in shorter time and with less expense than creating the new trademark.

The new law was launched on 3 July 2013 and replaces the Law on protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits.

The European Union has launched EU4IP-WB, a three-year initiative designed to transform intellectual property systems across the Western Balkans through legal alignment, institutional modernisation, and enhanced enforcement...

The Union of Serbia and Montenegro (a creation in 2003 from the remnants of former Yugoslavia) effectively came to an end on June 3, 2006 after Montenegro declared its independence following a referendum. In addition, Kosovo, a southern province of Serbia, has been under United Nations administration since 1999.