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Feb 25, 2015 (Newsletter Issue 3/15)
Serbia
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“Class Heading Covers All” Approach Abolished


The Serbian PTO explained that in 2014 it made significant efforts to harmonize its practice with practices of other national offices in the EU, singling out the abolishment of the “class heading covers all” approach as the most significant change. The amendments to the methodology for various proceedings before the Serbian PTO, including this change, came into force on January 1, 2015.

Namely, national trademarks will not be registered under the “class heading covers all” approach but under the “means what it says” approach, meaning that the national trademark applicants listing class headings will have coverage only for those goods or services which unambiguously fall under the class headings, whereas some of the general designations under these headings will have to be specified or otherwise refused protection.

The PTO has identified 11 general indications of goods/services (in IC 6, 7, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 37, 40 and 45) that are not considered sufficiently clear and precise.

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Source: www.petosevic.com