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Feb 17, 2016
Andrea Radonjanin, Moravčević Vojnović i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr, Serbia
Petar Luka Barišić, Moravčević Vojnović i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr, Serbia
First published on www.schoenherr.eu

Serbia: Opposition System to Be Introduced


Andrea Radonjanin, Moravčević Vojnović i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr, Serbia, Petar Luka Barišić, Moravčević Vojnović i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr, Serbia, First published on www.schoenherr.euThe draft of Serbia's new Trademark Act strives to remove shortcomings in the existing trademark legislation and further harmonize Serbian laws with those of the European Union.
Trademark protection in Serbia is currently regulated by the Trademark Act ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", nos. 104/09 and 10/13). Recognizing the need to further adjust and harmonize Serbian legislation with the European Union's IP legal framework, as well as to remedy the identified shortcomings of the existing Trademark Act, Serbia's legislator has prepared a Draft for a new Trademark Act [the "Draft Law"]. Key innovation envisaged by the Draft Law concerns the introduction of a trademark opposition system, which will replace the current ex officio examination of the relative grounds for refusal. This essential change will bring Serbian legislation more inline with what is already a well-established standard for most of the country's neighbouring states, other European countries, and the read more