(In relation to the dispute between Sunoko and the Commission for Protection of Competition) 1 Introduction In January this year, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition (“Commission”) prohibited Sunoko, the largest Serbian producer and exporter of sugar, from acquiring Hellenic Sugar, a Greek company which, inter alia, owns two sugar refineries in Serbia. After the […]
With a post about the (so far) unsuccessful attempt by the Serbian company Sunoko to obtain approval from the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition for the takeover of the Greek company Hellenic Sugar, BDK is launching today its blog devoted to competition law. The blog will follow and comment on the most important developments […]
One month ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) added its authoritative voice to the long-lasting debate on the legal nature of the transfer of software copies. Does the transfer constitute a license or a sale? A license, say most courts in the United States, but also some national courts in the […]
On the day when the post about Serbian Music Authors’ Organization – The travails of SOKOJ – appeared on this blog (18 July 2012), the Official Gazette of Serbia published the decision by the Constitutional Court of Serbia concerning one aspect of the work of the copyright collecting societies. The decision, which the Court had […]
An article that was recently published in the “Balkan Insight” presented a criticism by members of the SOKOJ society concerning the work of this organization. The duty of SOKOJ is to manage the rights of its members – composers, songwriters, producers and other rights holders with respect to musical works of all genres – by […]
On any given day, a TV viewer in Serbia is likely to be able to find a show produced pursuant to a license from a foreign production company. “Survivor”, “Big Brother” (Veliki brat), “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” (Želite li da postanete milioner) have become household names in Serbia, while other, slightly less well-known, […]
The French Cour de cassation ruled on 30 May 2012 that the trademark representing a red sole on Louboutin’s high-heeled shoes should be cancelled. The Court thus confirmed the judgment of the Paris Cour d’appel of 22 June 2011. Louboutin is also waging a judicial war in the U.S., and it did not fare well in the first round, on August […]
Most national copyright laws permit the use of quotes from copyrighted work for the purpose of criticism. This limitation on copyright protection was introduced more than a century ago through the courts’ practice (U.S.) or statutes (United Kingdom). Today, the copyright laws of France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Croatia, Russia, Israel, Brazil, Japan, and many […]
BDK’s Managing Partner, Tijana Kojović, provides an interesting outlook on BDK’s regional presence and expansion plans in a special Report on the Balkans, ‘Serbs for enthusiasm’, published by ‘The Lawyer’.
This post deals with the provisions of the 2009 Trademark Act of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian Trademark Act) which regulate certain trademark law issues differently from the corresponding rules in the European Union (E.U.) and/or the United States (U.S.). This depiction should help the readers with expertise in European and/or U.S. trademark law to […]
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