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Trademark Protection In The Metaverse

The emergence of new technologies, such as Blockchain, and the phenomenon of NFTs and the Metaverse, raises questions of protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in a new, virtual environment. Special emphasis is put […]

Trademark Law of Montenegro – Amended Yet Again…

The Law on amendments published in the Official Gazettes of Montenegro Nos. 44/2012, 18/2014, 40/2014, 2/2017 brought numerous changes to the Montenegrin Law on Trademarks (“Official Gazette of Montenegro”, No. 72/2010) (“TM Law”). However, the […]

We are Hiring!

We are looking to expand our Croatian team with: Attorney at Law Job description: Qualifications: What we offer: If you are open to new challenges and are looking to experience a high-level working atmosphere in […]

The End of Exclusive Jurisdiction of Belgrade Courts in Intellectual Property Disputes in Serbia?

During the Third conference of Belgrade BAR Association held in Zlatibor on November 5, 2022, in a series of proposals on changes to judicial laws, a proposal was made to abandon sole competence of Belgrade […]

New Law On Trademark In Kosovo*

On July 28, 2022 new Law on Trademarks entered into force in Kosovo. The main purpose of this change was harmonization of Kosovo local legislation with the Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights. […]

Originality requirement – review of the copyright protection of translated works in Serbia

Copyright protection under national law is determined by the same conditions known to most of the European countries: the creation has to be original and has also to be expressed in a fixed form. Bearing […]

Milos Petrasinovic – Drones In Rainforest Research

World Intellectual Property Day – IP and Youth: Innovation for a Better Future Young people are an incredible, and unfortunately in a large part, an untapped source of creativity. However, their fresh perspective, energy, curiosity […]

Montenegro – Important Decision on Copyright Infringement

ZMP is proud to announce to have obtained a successful judgement in a landmark copyright infringement case.

Mondelez successfully protects OREO brand in Croatia

Written by: Luka Jelčić Intercontinental Great Brands LLC (part of the Mondelez group of companies) successfully protected the OREO brand as the Croatian Appeal Board decided that Koestlin’s Paris Nero Vanilla is confusingly similar with […]

Kc socks – failure or a smart business decision?

Written by: Milica Stanojevic and Nikola Kliska During the past few years we have noticed an unusual situation on the Serbian market or, more precisely, a phenomenon known as “Kc socks”. The increasing popularity of these […]