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...

Bulgaria will attempt to register the alcoholic drink rakia, made of grapes, as a protected geographical indication (PGI) on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No. 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labeling and protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1576/89.

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice has drafted a new law amending and supplementing a number of intellectual property laws and regulations...

During regular controls at Macedonia’s border crossings in the period July 17 – August 12, 2012, the customs officials seized a considerable quantity of goods bearing well-known brand names, believed to be counterfeit.

Romanian customs officials have made several seizures of products believed to be counterfeit, the total value of which is estimated at EUR 164,000 (USD 185,000).

The ROIT refused registration for all goods in Classes 25 and 32 and all services in Class 35.

Russia has recently amended the regulations that govern the procedures in economic courts.

The group operated in the Rostov region, southwestern Russia, for two years.

In December 2015, Rehau Ukraine filed an unfair competition claim based on prior trademark rights.

The Sofia City Court (SCC) has recently issued a decision stating that the Bulgarian producer and importer of canned fruit and vegetables Misota did not act in bad faith when filing the trademark application MIRELA (combined application No. 91118; November 9, 2006).

The Academic and Research Network of Slovenia (ARNES), a public institute responsible for managing Slovenia’s country code top-level domain (ccTLD) .si, has announced new rules, effective October 20, 2010, governing the registration of internationalized domain names (IDNs).

The most significant drop was observed in terms of national patent applications, from 459 in 2014 to 311 in 2015.

Considering Russia’s growing economic presence in Montenegro, when obtaining trademark protection in Russia, it may be wise to do the same in the small Balkan country on the Adriatic Sea.

On July 1, 2017, Russia approved amendments to the Russian Civil Code and the Arbitration Procedure Code, which change the out-of-court procedure in effect as of June 1, 2016

The new industrial design law entered into force in Kosovo on January 15, 2016.

The new law on geographical indications and designations of origin entered into force in Kosovo on January 27, 2016.

Providing clients with professional and prompt intellectual property (IP) service in the Balkans can be difficult and challenging, as we at PETOŠEVIĆ, an IP law firm with 14 offices worldwide – 10 located in the Balkans – have learned over the years.

Once the request for market authorization is filed, along with the copy of the trademark application, the correspondent bodies do not check whether the trademark protection was actually granted.

On September 17, 2010, the Kiev Commercial Court ruled against the Russian confectionary maker Landrin ending a long dispute between this company and its Belgian counterpart Soremartec, member of the Ferrero Group.