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.

In an effort to improve copyright protection and strengthen the fight against piracy, as of October 18, 2012, all electronic data carriers manufactured in or imported into Armenia will need to be labeled.

On September 8, 2010, Azerbaijan deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, adopted in Geneva on July 2, 1999 (the Geneva Act).

During their recent inspection of a large wholesale outlet in the capital city of Sofia, the Bulgarian police officials, in cooperation with the Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO), seized a considerable number of counterfeit luxury goods.

Romanian officials at the Border Customs Office of Constanta, the port city on the coast of Romania, seized products for children's parties, such as paper helmets, plastic straws...

On September 27, 2010, the Bulgarian police officials, in cooperation with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) representatives, seized a computer with unlicensed software, during their inspection of the company "R" OOD, which sells computers with preinstalled business software in the town of Blagoevgrad, southwestern Bulgaria.

Lithuanian patents and patent applications have recently been integrated into Espacenet...

The Bulgarian customs officials have recently seized a considerable quantity of apparel bearing well-known brand names, believed to be counterfeit.

The amendments to the trademark law in Montenegro entered into force on August 17, 2012.

This month the Macedonian government organized a press conference dedicated to promoting the new Patent.mk website, which aims to stimulate patent registrations and promote innovations in Macedonia.

The Romanian customs officials have recently seized a considerable quantity of goods suspected of being counterfeit, bearing the labels of well-known brands, worth approximately EUR 438,000 (USD 607,944).

In the spring this year Russian perfume maker Natalia Kolyago succeeded in obtaining trademark rights for a leather tag with a strong leather smell.

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

The Ukrainian customs officials at the city of Vynohradiv, western Ukraine, have recently prevented the illegal import of 13 tons of products bearing the mark Nivea, a widely known skin-care brand owned by the German company Beiersdorf.

The Ukrainian authorities have recently closed one of the world’s most popular file-sharing websites Demonoid.

In spite of the large number of customs watch applications, the first destruction of counterfeit goods in Albania took place only recently, on August 9-10, 2012, when 1,005 items bearing the mark of the world’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment were destroyed in the presence of trademark representatives and Albanian customs officials.

Last month the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals upheld the April 2012 Moscow Commercial Court’s ruling, which upheld Russian PTO’s refusal to grant to Baltika Breweries, the largest Russian brewery, the Zatecky Gus trademark registration.

Hungarian authorities recently seized two laptops with unlicensed software and an automobile diagnostic device and cable kit believed to infringe the Mercedes® trademark...

Serbia adopted the Law on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products in July 2013; now this relatively new piece of legislation is facing amendments again.