Supreme Court of Cassation: Commercial courts have no jurisdiction over trademark disputes between non-commercial legal entities

On 9 November 2012, the Serbian Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) passed a decision resolving the negative conflict of competence that had arisen between the High Court in Belgrade and the Commercial Court in Belgrade, over a dispute between two foreign legal entities – non-governmental organisations – regarding trademark infringement. Previously, on 27 August 2012, […]

“Exit” Festival and Foreign Producers of Phonograms: New Challenge for O.F.P.S.

The previous post described how the Serbian Commercial Appellate Court denied, in May of this year, a request by the Organization of Phonogram Producers of Serbia (O.F.P.S.) to collect royalties for communication to the public of Italian sound recordings in a Belgrade restaurant. A few months later, as it turns out, the same court issued […]