Serbian Customs Seize Fake Boots

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...

Video sharing platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo and TikTok have become primary channels for the distribution of creative work, providing access to a wide range of user-generated content. Those platforms give significant access to cultural and creative works by creating opportunities to develop innovative business models within the cultural and creative industries. However, while facilitating the availability and diversity of content, they also pose legal challenges when copyrighted content is placed on platforms without the prior approval of the copyright holders.

The German collective management organization for music authors' copyright (GEMA) filed a lawsuit with the Regional Court in Munich against OpenAI...

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.

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

As the overall level of convergence between industries in the business world keeps increasing, it is only logical for the related legal aspects to follow suit every step of the way.

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.

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.

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.

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.