Institutions for IPR enforcement

IPR enforcement

Enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights implies the application of efficient and proportionate administrative civil measures and penalties by competent authorities against those involved in counterfeiting and piracy, all with the aim of creating for the rights’ holders a level playing field for doing business.

Any unauthorized use of a subject of an intellectual property right represents a violation of an intellectual property right.

Authorities in charge of IPR enforcement

Authorities in charge of IPR enforcement in the Republic of Serbia are:

а) adiministrative:

  • Ministry of finance
    Customs
    Tax administration

 

  • Ministry of interior
    Department for IPR crime supression

 

  • Ministry of trade and agriculture
    Market inspectorate

 

  • Others (Ministry of helath - health and sanitary inspection; Ministry of education and science - education inspection; Ministry of infrastructure - building and town planning inspection; Ministry of economy - tourist inspection; State radio-diffusion agency)
б) judicial:

  • courts
  • prosecutors' office
Memorandum of understanding between the IPO and the Judicial academy has regulated the coordination of activities for education of representatives of judicial bodies in the field of IP in Serbia, with the aim to improve the effectiveness of the IPR enforcement and meeting the recommendations from EU. This partnership has a goal to develop long-term cooperation and provision of expert help from the EIC to the Judicial academy in organizing education programmes in IP fields, in the framework of the Judicial academy training programme.