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Anamarija Stančić Petrović: Director – Croatia Office

Latest Article

Tightening up in the Balkans

By Anamarija Stancic Petrovic, director of PETOSEVIC Croatia, and Mihajlo Zatezalo, director of PETOSEVIC Serbia. Published in World Intellectual Property Review Annual 2010, 2010.

Legislation in the Western Balkan countries (Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Kosovo) is already largely in line with most European Union directives, as required for the EU entry. When it comes to enforcing the legislation before the courts, each country is different. Yet, they have all made progress, to varying degrees, to better protect intellectual property. Recent case law in Serbia and Croatia demonstrates the general trends.

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Paris Convention, WIPO, Madrid Agreement, Nice Agreement, Berne Convention (Copyright), Locarno Agreement (Industrial designs), PCT, EPC (special agreement, European Patents extendible to Croatia), Madrid Protocol, Rome Convention, Strasbourg Agreement, Budapest Treaty, UPOV, CT, PPT and WTO

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