PETOSEVIC People News Archives
June 23, 2010
Vladimir Nika Contributes Albania Chapter to Kluwer IP Manual
Vladimir Nika, the director of the PETOSEVIC office in Albania, has updated a 62-page chapter on Albania for the Wolters Kluwer publication called the Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks throughout the World.
The chapter was edited by Ignacio Lazaro and Loic Dufour.
The publication, which has been continually updated and published since 1927, covers more than 200 jurisdictions worldwide providing relevant information on the regional industrial property protection systems. It includes information on patents, trademarks, industrial designs and utility models. It is also available in an online format.
If anyone would like a copy of the chapter in the PDF format, please email Jelena Jankovic.
May 24, 2010
Anamarija Stancic Petrovic, Mihajlo Zatezalo Contribute Article to WIPR
Anamarija Stancic Petrovic, the director of the PETOSEVIC office in Croatia and Mihajlo Zatezalo, the director of the PETOSEVIC Balkan Regional Office in Serbia, have written an article about the trends in intellectual property protection in the Balkans for the World Intellectual Property Review magazine’s Annual 2010 edition, which is now being distributed at the Exhibit Hall of the INTA Annual conference in Boston.
In the article entitled “Tightening up in the Balkans”, Anamarija and Mihajlo talk about the changes and improvements in intellectual property protection in Croatia and Serbia in the light of the anticipated EU accession of the Western Balkan countries in the next 10 years.
We will soon publish the article on our website. If anyone would like a copy, please email Jelena Jankovic.
April 26, 2010
Slobodan Petosevic to Speak at INTA Academic Course in Boston
During the INTA Annual meeting in Boston, on Saturday, May 22, 2010, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., PETOSEVIC CEO Slobodan Petosevic will present a lecture on trademark law in Eastern Europe as part of the INTA’s Academic Course on International Trademark Law, taking place on Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
Hosted by INTA and accredited by The John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law, this course will provide a comparative analysis of trademark law and practice in countries around the world.
The law students studying in the US will receive one academic credit for completing the course, while the international law students will receive a Certificate of Completion. The U.S. lawyers can earn 16 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.
For more information, please contact Slobodan Petosevic.
March 30, 2010
Ignacio Lazaro Introduces IP to Law Students at INTA Office in Brussels
On February 19, at the International Trademark Association (INTA) Europe Office in Brussels, Belgium, PETOSEVIC’s chief operations officer, Ignacio Lazaro, introduced IP to a group of 30 law students visiting from Bucharest, Romania.
Through pictures and real life examples, Ignacio discussed IP practice, both prosecution and enforcement matters, in particular relating to big brand names in the Balkans. The objective of the presentation was to interest Romanian law students in studying IP.
For more information, please contact Ignacio Lazaro in our Belgium office.
Ana Stojanovic Contributing Editor of INTA Trade Dress Online Publication
Ana Stojanovic, an associate in PETOSEVIC’s Balkan Regional Office in Belgrade, is a contributing editor of Trade Dress: International Practice and Procedure, International Trademark Association’s (INTA) new online publication, which offers country profiles on trade dress protection and enforcement.
Ana has contributed a chapter on Serbia and edited a chapter on Puerto Rico. Five segments on the US, Canada, Australia, Germany and Brazil were published on February 2, 2010. Serbia, Puerto Rico, South Africa and Saudi Arabia will be added in the near future. As work is still underway, more jurisdictions will be added over the year, ultimately covering approximately 40 jurisdictions.
Trade Dress is available to INTA members here.
For more information, please contact Ana Stojanovic in our Balkan Regional Office.
February 23, 2010
Director of PETOŠEVIĆ Croatia Office Explains IP to Zagreb’s Little Ones
The director of our office in Croatia, Anamarija Stancic Petrovic, gave a presentation last week to an unlikely audience of six year olds.
A local kindergarten in Zagreb invited Anamarija to explain intellectual property in a fun and simple way to their little ones. The talk was part of a campaign to raise public awareness about intellectual property in Croatia.
“It was definitely difficult to prepare a presentation for five and six year olds that would be interesting, short, playful and interactive. The presentation had a few slides with different aspects of IP such as: patents, inventions, trademarks, design and copyright,” explained Anamarija.
The first slide illustrated concrete inventions and introduced famous inventors like Slavoljub Penkala and Nikola Tesla, and then the kids named other inventions they know from everyday life.
“The second slide presented brands like Nike, Barbie, McDonald’s, Hello Kittie, Volvo, Toyota, Kraš, etc. I was pleasantly surprised how children at that age recognize the brands and the specific products these brands represent,” stated Anamarija.
The third slide defined industrial design with pictures of cars, furniture, fashion, etc. The last slide illustrated the concept of copyright by using different cartoon characters and explaining who their authors are and why is copying others’ work unlawful in the same way as stealing.
“After the 20-minute presentation about intellectual property, I divided the kids into smaller groups and we had a creative IP workshop. One group had to come up with an original invention. Another had to come up with a logo for the invention that the others were making,” said Anamarija.
The kids were delighted after the presentation because it was the first time anyone had presented something to them on a big screen, which made the whole event even more appealing.
Anamarija received positive feedback from the kindergarten’s pedagogue and realized how important it is to introduce children with the idea of intellectual property at an early age, especially nowadays when they are exposed to so much information and easily adopt knowledge.
For more information, please contact Anamarija Stancic Petrovic in our Croatia office.