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 to the rules on de minimis state aid and state aid in the form of compensation for services of general economic interest. De minimis state aid The general rule is that state aid […]
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. The adopted amendments to a large extent follow solutions from the draft which the Government submitted to the Parliament back in July this year. We devoted two earlier blog posts to various […]
Turkish Global Ports Holding (GPH) has acquired a majority stake in Container Terminal and General Cargo (CTGC) for a total of EUR 8 million. BDK Advokati/Attorneys at Law advised Turkish Global Ports Holding (GPH) in relation to all legal aspects of the acquisition of CTGC. In addition to the agreed purchase price, GPH is also […]
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, without the authorization of the copyright owners, was lawful because the photos were used within the context of reporting about current events. While the outcome […]
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, from 41 countries around the globe. This year’s focus was on ways in which competition authorities can protect and promote innovation, legal evaluation of different pricing strategies, and developments in […]
BDK has announced the promotion of Ana Jankov in BDK’s Belgrade office and Luka Popović in BDK’s Podgorica office. Ana Jankov, who joined BDK’s employment group in January 2013 as a senior associate, has quickly earned promotion to the Head of Employment practice due to her client management skills and ability to provide highly competent […]
BDK partner Tijana Kojović participated in the ArbAut Twin Conference in Belgrade organized by the Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut) and the Serbian Arbitration Association with the support of VIAC and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law on September 27. She gave a presentation on Security for Costs as Interim Measure v. Interim Award on […]
BDK’s Head of IP Practice Bogdan Ivanišević published an article in IPPro The Annual 2013/14, the annual edition of the magazine IPPro The Internet. The article, entitled “The time is ripe”, argues that trademark oppositions should be introduced in Serbia’s trademark legislation. Download the full article in English. IPPro The Internet is a fortnightly IP […]
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 – this time assistance has been provided to the company Simpo, the largest furniture manufacturer in Serbia. According to the official Government’s website, at its session held on 28 August 2013, […]
Another acquisition has been closed for the major Serbian IT company SAGA. SAGA acquired 60% in Smart LLC in a deal that was approved on 9 September 2013 by the Serbian Competition Office.
