Offices

Serbia

PETOŠEVIĆ Balkan Regional Office

Vele Nigrinove 16A 11000 Belgrade Serbia

Tel: + 381 11 2836 810

Fax: + 381 11 2836 817

Contact

Mihajlo Zatezalo: Director – Balkan Regional Office
Attorney at Law
Trademark & Patent Agent

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.

International Conventions

Paris Convention, WIPO, PCT, Madrid Agreement, Nice Agreement, Berne Convention (Copyright), Locarno Agreement (Industrial designs), Madrid Protocol, Hague Agreement (Industrial Designs), Budapest Treaty, Lisbon Agreement, Rome Convention, TLT, CT, PPT and WTO

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Patent Applications

Applicant data
Name, address and occupation of the inventor
Priority application data
Patent specification and claims

Trade/Service Mark Applications

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Priority application data
List of goods/services
At least one representation of the mark (in color if claimed)

Industrial Design Applications

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Priority application data
At least one drawing or photograph of the claimed model or design

All other documents may be filed subsequently. Powers of attorney and declarations need not be legalized or notarized unless requested by the Patent and Trademark Office.

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