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Rising Out of The Ashes: Protecting Your Trademark Portfolio in The Developing Economies of Serbia & Montenegro
By Kathryn Szymczyk, SD PETOSEVIC, Balkan Regional Office.
Serbia and Montenegro were the heart of the former Yugoslavia and arguably continue to be the centre of the region even today. Serbia and Montenegro are actually a loose federation of two regions, Serbia and Montenegro. Both have their own legislatures and, to some extent, different laws and institutions. For example, Montenegro has recently adopted its own “Law on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights” (Official Gazette of Montenegro No. 45/2005) but continues to enforce the same laws as Serbia with respect to IP rights generally. To add to the complication of the region, Kosovo is also struggling to assert its independence by passing its own laws and trying to establish its own institutions. To properly enforce IP rights in the federation of Serbia and Montenegro, the situation in all three of these regions must be taken into consideration.
Serbia, after the wars and the economic set backs of the 1990s has worked hard in the last several years to bring its IP laws and institutions into line with international treaties, conventions and agreements. This has made it more and more possible to effectively enforce trademark rights in this jurisdiction. However, there are certain things to be kept in mind when devising a strategy for protecting your trademark portfolio in this region.
