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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...

Amendments to Decree on Rules for Granting of State Aid

November 21, 2013Igor NikolićBlog, Competition, State aid

New amendments to the Decree on Rules for Granting of State Aid (“State Aid Decree”) came into force on 14 November 2013. The changes pertain...

Serbian parliament adopts amendments to Competition Act

November 6, 2013Dragan GajinBlog, Competition, Competition Law - Other Issues

Amendments to the Serbian Law on Protection of Competition were published in the Official Gazette on 31 October 2013 and will come into force on 8 November 2013....

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...

17th IBA Annual Competition Conference held in Florence

September 25, 2013Dragan GajinBlog, Competition, Competition Law - Other Issues

On September 13-14 2013, Florence was the venue of the 17th Annual Competition Conference organized by the International Bar Association (IBA). More than 180 lawyers and economists attended,...

State aid continues? The case of Simpo.

September 10, 2013Dragan GajinBlog, Competition, State aid

Back in April this year, we wrote about State aid issues surrounding the Government’s support to Fiat. The Serbian Government is once again aiding domestic producers...