Darko handles contentious trademark matters, including oppositions, invalidation actions and disputes, and collaborates with the Macedonian customs authorities on the surveillance, seizure and destruction of counterfeit goods. Darko also advises clients on trademark prosecution matters, and drafts license, assignment and other agreements. He has successfully represented clients from a variety of industries, including apparel, food and beverages, before the Macedonian Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, and customs and market inspection authorities.

Darko is also involved in patent work in North Macedonia, including the filing of European patent and PCT applications. In fact, Darko helped a client obtain the first ever SPC issued in North Macedonia.

Darko joined PETOŠEVIĆ in 2008, shortly after earning his LLB from the Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.

Practice Areas

• Advertising Law
  • North Macedonia
• Copyright
  • North Macedonia
• Data Protection and Privacy
  • North Macedonia
• Design Litigation
  • North Macedonia
• Design Prosecution
  • North Macedonia
• Domain Names
  • North Macedonia
• Franchise Law
  • North Macedonia
• Geographical Indications
  • North Macedonia
• Internet and Social Media
  • North Macedonia
• IP Enforcement and Litigation
  • North Macedonia
• IP for Startups (IP2START)
  • North Macedonia
• Media and Entertainment Law
  • North Macedonia
• Patent Litigation and Contentious
  • North Macedonia
• Patent Prosecution
  • North Macedonia
• Plant Varieties
  • North Macedonia
• Strategic Counseling
  • North Macedonia
• Topographies of Integrated Circuits
  • North Macedonia
• Trademark Litigation
  • North Macedonia
• Trademark Prosecution
  • North Macedonia

Qualifications

• State Bar Exam, North Macedonia, 2014
• Trademark and Patent Attorney, North Macedonia, 2008

Languages

Native Macedonian (similar to Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian), fluent English

Education

• Faculty of Law, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North Macedonia, LLM, 2011
• Faculty of Law, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North Macedonia, LLB, 2008

Membership

• INTA
• IACC / HIS - Expert Team Member

Professional Activities

• Moderated discussion at the INTA roundtable on the online sale of counterfeit goods, held in Skopje, North Macedonia on October 17, 2014