Intellectual Property Archives

A finding of dilution requires careful analysis

November 30, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

Strauss Adriatic doo, proprietor of the famous mark “Doncafe”, sued a defendant who had distributed coffee cups to which it affixed the mark. The Commercial Court in Belgrade found that...

Photographs and the current events exception in Serbian copyright law

October 31, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Copyright

The High Court in Belgrade and the Appellate Court in the same city have issued a few decisions in 2013 rejecting arguments by the defendants that their use of photographs,...

SOKOJ wins court battle against “Exit”

July 31, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Copyright

This year’s Exit festival, a major event on Europe’s musical scene, which traditionally takes place in Novi Sad (Serbia), ended on 14 July. It is worth taking a look into...

About trademark distinctiveness: three times, in one day

April 30, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

On 25 April 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court) rendered three judgments in cases initiated against decisions of the Office of Harmonization for the Internal...

Further clarification from E.U. court about trademark-design relationship

April 29, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

On 25 April 2013, the General Court of the European Union weighed in on the issue of relationship between three-dimensional marks and designs. In Su-Shan Chen v. OHIM, the Court compared...

Highlighter infringes drawing of another highlighter, says Serbian court

April 9, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

On March 21, 2013, the Belgrade daily Politika published the operative part of a judgment rendered by the Serbian Commercial Appellate Court in a rare case concerning trademark infringement of a drawing...

Time ripe for introduction of trademark opposition proceedings in Serbia

April 2, 2013Bogdan Ivanišević and Ana PetkovicBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

Serbia provides a rare example of a jurisdiction that does not use opposition proceedings as a means of ensuring that only those signs that fulfill requisite conditions receive protection under...

Proposed tax reform in Serbia of relevance to IT sector

February 28, 2013Miloš KrstićBlog, Intellectual Property, IP Licensing

On 7th February 2013, the Serbian Ministry of Finance and Economy and the Serbian Investment and Export Promotion Agency published a discussion paper on reforms aimed at furthering the development of the IT...

E.U. General Court: “B Berg” creates likelihood of confusion when used for sportswear

February 26, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

On 20 February 2013, in Caventa AG v. OHIM, the Fifth Chamber of the General Court of the European Union upheld the decision of OHIM’s Board of Appeal to deny registration...

European courts weigh in on the interaction between intellectual property and (other) human rights

February 21, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Copyright

The two highest judicial institutions in Europe – European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – recently issued judgments concerning the relationship...

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A finding of dilution requires careful analysis

Photographs and the current events exception in Serbian copyright law

SOKOJ wins court battle against “Exit”

About trademark distinctiveness: three times, in one day

Further clarification from E.U. court about trademark-design relationship

Highlighter infringes drawing of another highlighter, says Serbian court

Time ripe for introduction of trademark opposition proceedings in Serbia

Proposed tax reform in Serbia of relevance to IT sector

E.U. General Court: “B Berg” creates likelihood of confusion when used for sportswear

European courts weigh in on the interaction between intellectual property and (other) human rights

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