LLDDimitar Batakliev
- Head of Office
- Attorney at Law
- Trademark & Patent Attorney *
Dimitar’s practice focuses mostly on contentious trademark matters and the protection of IP rights on social media and the Internet. He has advised two well-known social networking companies in multiple jurisdictions where we operate regarding various reports of trademark, design and copyright infringement, as well as defamation on their platforms. He is well versed in trademark opposition matters and IP litigation and has successfully represented our clients across various industries in numerous trademark infringement cases across Bulgaria.
Before joining PETOŠEVIĆ in 2014, he worked for almost five years at the Bulgarian Patent Office, as a lawyer and the Disputes Department panel member.
Qualifications
- Trademark & Patent Agent, Bulgaria, 2014
- Bulgarian Bar Association, 2006
Languages
Native Bulgarian, fluent English, intermediate Russian and basic German
Education
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Legal Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria, LLD, 2010
- Faculty of Law, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria, LLM, 2005
Presentations
- "Protecting IP on the Internet in Bulgaria", PETOŠEVIĆ Webinar "Internet and Social Media - IP Protection in Southeastern Europe", BrightTALK, March 31, 2015
Publications
Contributor for Bulgaria to the online “Practitioner’s Guide to Madrid Agreement and Protocol”, International Trademark Association (INTA), since 2018
“EUROPEAN UNION: EGC Considers the Perception of Non-Cyrillic Terms by Bulgarian Consumers”. The INTA Bulletin. Vol. 72. No. 21. International Trademark Association. (December 15, 2017)
“EUROPEAN UNION: CJEU: Descriptiveness of a Common Element of EUTMs in One EU Language Not Sufficient to Rule Out Confusion”. The INTA Bulletin. Vol. 72. No. 13. International Trademark Association. (August 1, 2017)
“EUROPEAN UNION: CJEU Rules on Possibility to Limit the Territorial Scope of EU-Wide Injunctions”. The INTA Bulletin. Vol. 71. No. 21. International Trademark Association. (December 15, 2016)
“SPCs based on functional claims”. The Patent Lawyer. CTC Legal Media. (November/December, 2016)
“Claims for non-economic damage by juristic persons”. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice. Vol. 10, Isssue 11. Oxford Journals. (November, 2015)
“BPO Rejects Opposition by Deutsche Telekom Based on Magenta Colour Mark”. World Trademark Review Daily. Globe Business Media Group. (April 8, 2015)
“Supplementary Protection Certificates in Europe – Transitional Regime”. IIC — International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law. (2013)
“Disclaimers in Industrial Designs”. Trade Marks and Industrial Designs of the European Union. Bulgarian Patent Office, OHIM. (2012)
“Subject-Matter of Related Rights of the Broadcasting Organisations”. Institute of Legal Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. (2009)
“Principles of the PCT Procedure”. Institute of Legal Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. (2009)
“The Broadcasting Organisations as Subjects of Related Rights under the Law on the Authors’ Rights and Related Rights”. Sibi. (2009)
Committees
- International Trademark Association Committee Member, Europe & Central Asia Subcommittee of the INTA Bulletins Committee, 2016 - 2017 Term
Membership
- INTA
- Sofia BAR Association