The new system is a hybrid of Serbia’s previous full examination system and a new opposition system allowing third-party challenges to trademark applications. It was introduced by the new Trademark Law, which entered into force on February 1, 2020. According to the Serbian IP Office, the system is the result...
A single registration for a geographical indication with WIPO will soon be possible. We bring you a brief update on the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, which came into force on February 26, 2020, in our article, published...
MJB has once again been top ranked by Legal 500 in the fields of IP (read more), dispute resolution (read more) and employment law (read more).
MJB contributed an article on data protection in Serbia in Chambers&Partners Data Protection & Privacy 2020 Practice Guide. Read more
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“The first choice for trademark work in Serbia” is the verdict on well-established firm MJB. Belgrade-based but active across the Balkan region via a carefully selected and cultivated network of correspondents, the firm manages large IP portfolios with a deft touch and expertly handles litigation and enforcement matters for prestigious...
Chambers & Partners Europe 2020 ranked MJB in Band 1 of IP law offices in Serbia. Dejan Bogdanovic and Mara Jankovic are recognized as the leading practitioners in the field. Read more. MJB was also ranked in Band 2 for dispute resolution, and Vladimir Djeric once again identified as one of...
The long expected new Trademark Law in Serbia entered into force on February 1st and has introduced the opposition system replacing the traditional full examination system. However, the IP Office still examines trademark applications both on absolute and relative grounds before publication as part of their official duties. Apart from...
Lawyer Monthly – Legal Awards 2019. Recognising achievement and success in the legal industry – A category winner for Patents Serbia in 2019 is the IP Office Mikijelj Jankjović & Bogdanovic from Belgrade.
MJB Intellectual Property Office has welcomed a new member to their team, Ms Katarina Čavor. Ms Čavor is a patent attorney who had previously worked at both the IP Office of Serbia and the EUIPO.
Katarina Radovic, partner at the IP Office MJB participated in a panel organized by the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in cooperation with the Union University Law School on the topic of “Author and Law”. The panel was primarily intended for the lectures of the University of Arts in...
IP Office MJB is pleased to announce that our legal trainee Ms Marina Ješić, has successfully defended Master thesis in International Investment Law under the topic of “Legal regime of cooling-off periods in international investment arbitration” at the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade, while Ms Ivana Vukcevic, also a...
Chambers & Partners Europe 2019 ranked MJB in Band 1 of IP law offices in Serbia. Dejan Bogdanovic and Mara Jankovic are recognized as the leading practitioners in the field. Read more. MJB was also ranked in Band 2 for dispute resolution, and Vladimir Djeric once again identified as one of...
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“Hague Journal on the Rule of Law” in its April 2018 issue features an article about the Constitutional Court of Serbia authored by Vladimir Djeric of MJB and Professor Tatjana Papic of the Union University Faculty of Law, see more “On the Margins of Consolidation: The Constitutional Court of Serbia”, Hague...
MJB contributed an article on data protection in Serbia in Chambers &Partners Data Protection & Cyber Security 2018 Practice Guide. Read more.
