The latest amendments to the Serbian Law on Foreign Exchange Transactions (Zakon o deviznom poslovanju, Official Gazette of the RS 62/2006, 31/2011 and 119/2012) (“Forex Law”), adopted in 2012, liberalized in a nutshell the regime applicable to foreign trade set-offs by scrapping the requirement for the approval by the Ministry of Finance. However, the liberalization […]
BDK’s Managing Partner Tijana Kojović has provided an insight into the effect of the harsh economic climate on the legal practice in Serbia in a special Balkans report published by “The Lawyer”.
BDK’s Head of IP Practice Group Bogdan Ivanišević has contributed to the International IP Law Firms 2013 edition, with an overview of intellectual property protection in Serbia. The Serbia chapter can be read here or downloaded in PDF format. Launched in 2004 by Hurrymedia, International IP Law Firms is the annual and bilingual (Chinese and English) […]
The Law on The Prevention of Illegal Business (Zakon o sprečavanju nelegalnog poslovanja, „Official Gazette of Republic of Montenegro“ no.29/13) came into force on 23 June 2013. Its nature is largely declaratory, aimed at showing the declared intent of the state to fight corruption and black market. “Illegal Business” is defined as conducting business without […]
The Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition has published its Annual Report for 2012. Because the Commission publishes its decisions and opinions randomly, the report offers an informative scan of the authority’s activities in the course of the previous year. Commitment decisions The Commission has rendered three decisions on suspension of proceedings under Article 58 […]
Requirement that a party be represented by qualified attorney The disputed provision of the Law on Civil Procedure required that a party be represented in civil litigation by a qualified attorney, unless it opts for self-representation. Legal entities could have also been represented by an in-house lawyer employed with the entity, provided the in-house counsel […]
On 7 June 2013, the provisions of the Law on Planning and Construction (Zakon o planiranju i izgradnji, Official Gazette RS no. 72/2009, 81/2009, 64/2010, 24/2011, 121/2012 and 42/2013) on legalization of buildings (Articles 185 through 200) ceased to be in force as a result of the publication in the Official Gazette of the decision […]
The Balkan Insight published an article by BDK’s Bogdan Ivanišević, entitled “Falling out of Love with the Hague Tribunal“. The article examines recent developments in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia triggered by a series of recent controversial acquittals. You can read the full article in English and Serbian.
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 Market (OHIM). In each case, the Court elaborated the rules that should be followed in the assessment of trademark distinctiveness. The decisions of OHIM withstood […]
BDK Advokati/Attorneys at Law is delighted to announce the launch of a new office in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Republika Srpska). The office has been operational since 1 April 2013. This is BDK’s third office, besides the head office in Belgrade and the second office in Podgorica, Montenegro. “The opening of the Banja Luka […]
