Earlier this year, the Serbian Commercial Appellate Court ruled that the Organization of Phonogram Producers of Serbia (O.F.P.S.) had no valid claim to royalties for communication to the public of Italian sound recordings in a Belgrade restaurant. O.F.P.S. did not provide any evidence that it had entered into an agreement with a corresponding collecting society […]
The General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled last Wednesday that there was no likelihood of confusion between the figurative signs featuring a rooster as the dominant element (Consorzio vino Chianti Classico v. OHIM, Case T-143/11, 5 December 2012). The General Court confirmed the key findings from OHIM’s Fourth Board of […]
On 19 November 2012, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition (“Commission”) issued a decision finding that Frikom, the largest Serbian ice-cream producer, abused dominance in the wholesale market of industrial ice-cream. Unfortunately, the Commission only made the dispositive part of its decision available on its website, and not the reasoning. Frikom is only the […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court) handed down a judgment on 14th December 2012 in Nexans v Commission case concerning the power of the Commission to conduct dawn raids. The judgment confirmed that the Commission does not have the power to conduct “fishing expeditions” but has to specify the scope of […]
Osnovana srpsko-alžirska firma “Salsef” za izgradnju skladišta – Planirane investicije u 2013. oko 30 mil EUR Alžirska državna firma “Frigomedit” i kompanija ITN iz Beograda potpisale su danas Sporazum o formiranju srpsko-alžirskog preduzeća “Salsef” koje će se baviti izgradnjom rashladnih skladišta za poljoprivredne proizvode. Kako je, nakon potpisivanja tog dokumenta u Beogradu, kazao ministar spoljne […]
In the course of 2012, the Administrative Court has shown increased readiness to quash the decisions of the Commission for Protection of Competition (“Commission”) for breach of procedural rules. In that context, we shall briefly look into three court judgments rendered in 2012, in the cases Idea/Swisslion, Lasta/Europa Bus, and Sunoko. Legal basis for the […]
Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with VAIT-Voest Alpine Intertrading to acquire a CaseIH dealership in the Vojvodina region of Serbia. The acquisition is expected to close on or around December 14, 2012. BDK Partner Vladimir Dasic advised VAIT in this deal.
BDK’s Bogdan Ivanisevic wrote for Balkan Insight a legal analysis of the recent judgment by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Yugoslavia in the case Prosecutor v. Gotovina & Markac. The controversial 3-2 decision of the chamber reverses the first-instance judgment whereby the two Croatian generals were sentenced for persecution of Serb civilians during and after […]
BDK’s Bogdan Ivanišević, who is a former researcher for Human Rights Watch and a consultant for the International Center for Transitional Justice, wrote for the Balkan Insight a legal analysis of the recent judgment by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Yugoslavia in the case Prosecutor v. Gotovina & Markač. The English version of the […]
Watson Pharmaceuticals has completed its 4.25 billion Euro acquisition of Swiss competitor Actavis Group, making Watson the third-largest generic drug company worldwide. BDK advised Watson on their acquisition of Actavis’ Serbian subsidiary. BDK’s team was led by partner Vladimir Dasic.
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