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Jun 28, 2016 (Newsletter Issue 12/16)
Kosovo
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Original or Notarized PoA Required


As of June 8, 2016, the Kosovo IPO does not accept any action if not accompanied by an original Power of Attorney (PoA) form. Alternatively, a notarized copy of the original is acceptable. Kosovo notary public will only certify a copy if the original is notarized in the country of origin. Therefore, we recommend that each PoA sent, as of now on, is notarized.

This change applies to all filings before the Kosovo IPO, such as new applications, renewals, responses to office actions, oppositions, recordals, or any other action before the IPO.

Therefore, scanned copies of PoAs will not suffice to meet any deadline or obtain a filing date.

The new practice was adopted without any prior notification other than an email announcement that the local IP agents received on June 8, 2016 from the IPO.

Source: www.petosevic.com