INFORMATION DAY FOR COMPANIES – EARLY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

INFORMATION DAY FOR COMPANIES – EARLY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

April 27, 2012

Yesterday, in the Hall of the IPO, the Information Day was held for companies that are granted financing in the framework of the Early Development Program of the Innovation Activities Fund. The event was organized by the Innovation Activities Fund and the Intellectual Property Office. The representatives of the mentioned companies were listening to lectures on the project management processes and the relevant IP rights.

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WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY

April 26, 2012

World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated today around the globe, as a festival of all innovators and artists in the world. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established this festival in 2001 with the aim to raise public awareness on the growing importance of intellectual property in everyday life, as well as to mark the contribution of the inventors and artists to the general development of humanity.

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ORIGIN AND TRADITION – PRODUCTS WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION OF ORIGIN

ORIGIN AND TRADITION – PRODUCTS WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION OF ORIGIN

April 25, 2012

In the Centre “Sava” a Conference was held yesterday under the title “ Origin and Tradition: Products with Geographical Indications of Origin “. The Conference was organized by the Agrobusines Project of the USA Agency for international development (USAID) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Waterworks, the IPO, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs at the Ministry for Economic Affairs of Switzerland, Swiss Institute for Intellectual Property and the Consultant Company SEEDEV.

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TRAINING FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF MARKET INSPECTORATE

April 25, 2012

In the Hall of the IPO, training was held for the representatives of Market Inspectorate in the field of IP – the basic level. The training of the representatives of Market Inspectorate finalized the first part of the second cycle of training of the bodies for the enforcement of rights.

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TRAINING FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH

TRAINING FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH

April 23, 2012

At the end of the previous week, the seminars were held for the representatives of the Customs Administration and institutions in the field of health protection. The representatives of the mentioned institutions attended the basic training in the domain of intellectual property rights in the framework of the second cycle for the training of the bodies for the enforcement of rights in the Republic of Serbia.

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WORKSHOP ON PATENTS IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SERBIA

April 6, 2012

On Thursday, April 5, 2012, the experts of the IPO held a workshop on patents in the Chambers of Commerce of Serbia. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the Board for Technological Innovations of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia and the Association of Inventors of Serbia.

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LECTURES AT PROKUPLJE

April 5, 2012

In the business incubator center in Prokuplje, lectures were organized yesterday on the importance of patent protection. The lectures were intended for the representatives of small and medium enterprises in the district of Toplice.

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INNOVATION COACH WORKSHOP IN THE TOWN OF NIS

April 4, 2012

At the Faculty of Electronics in the town of Nis, on April 2-3, 2012, the last in the serial of eight workshops was held for the improvement of the innovative potential of the employees in the institutions engaged in innovations, which have been held in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Nis. At the four workshops, the lecturers from the Education and Information Center held lectures on the topics: universities and IP, patent system and the use of patent documentation as the source of knowledge.

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE COFINANCING OF INNOVATIONS

April 2, 2012

Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia issued a public announcement for the financing in the framework of the Program for the co-financing of innovations (Matching Grant Program) which is financed through the pre accession funds of the European Union and enforced in cooperation with the World Bank in the framework of the Project of Support to innovations in Serbia.

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LECTURE AT THE FACULTY OF LAW IN KRAGUJEVAC

April 2, 2012

At the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac, on Friday, March 29, 2012, a lecture was held on trademarks in the framework of the regular tuition program covered by the subject Industrial Property Rights for the students of the fourth year of studies.

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LECTURE AT THE FESTIVAL “SCIENCE IS NOT A BOGEY”

LECTURE AT THE FESTIVAL “SCIENCE IS NOT A BOGEY”

April 2, 2012

In the town of Nis, on March 30-31, 2012 the fourth traditional festival was held “SCIENCE IS NOT A BOGEY” with the numerous presentations and lectures. The IPO participated at the festival and gave a lecture.

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NEW TRAINING FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COURTS AND THE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS OFFICE

NEW TRAINING FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COURTS AND THE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS OFFICE

March 30, 2012

In the premises of the Office, the basic training of IP has been held today for the representatives of the courts, public prosecutors office and the students of the Judicial Academy. The lectures we heard today initiated the second serial of training of the bodies for the enforcement of rights organized by the Intellectual Property Office.

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LECTURES ON COPYRIGHT AT THE FACULTY OF ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES

March 30, 2012

At the invitation of the professor of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Belgrade, the experts of the IPO held lectures at this Faculty on Thursday, March 29th, 2012.The lecturers discussed the IP rights before over 100 students of the third year of this Faculty and they made special emphasis on the copyright and related rights and their use in the digital environment.

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SEMINAR ON BIOTECHNOLOGY

SEMINAR ON BIOTECHNOLOGY

March 30, 2012

Yesterday, in the official hall of the Senate House of the Belgrade University a seminar was held under the title “Sources of Information in Biotechnology”. Lecturers from the European Institute for Bioinformatics and the European Patent Office, in the framework of the SLING Project (Serving Life-Science Information for the Next Generation) of the European Commission, presented the data bases on proteins, nuclear acids, chemical entities with biological activities and enzymes which can be freely used on the Internet.

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POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE SYSTEM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN SERBIA

March 30, 2012

In the Palace of Serbia, on Friday, March 30, 2012, in the organization of the Fund for Innovation Activities of the Innovation Project of Serbia and the World Bank, the first workshop, from a serial of many to follow, was held, having the aim to explain the value and the use of IP system supporting technology transfer and commercialization to the interested parties and creators of policies.

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PLATFORM ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES IN BELGRADE

March 28, 2012

Yesterday, in the High School of Business Studies – Belgrade Polytechnics, a discussion group was held under the title “Intellectual Property”. Apart from the importance of intellectual property and the survey of all kinds of rights, the patent system in the Republic of Serbia was presented and the services provided by the IPO were demonstrated.

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LECTURES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE IINSTITUTE FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF BANKNOTES AND COINS

March 28, 2012

At the invitation of the Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins (ZIN), the representatives Education and Information Center held yesterday a Seminar on the intellectual property. The lectures included the patent system, the basis of trademarks, designs and copyright and related rights, as well as protection of other aspects of intellectual property in the Institute.

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LECTURES IN MITROSREM

March 21, 2012

Based on the invitation by the management of company Mitrosrem from the city of Sremska Mitrovica, experts from Education and Information Centre held lectures on the significance of the IPR protection yesterday. Lectures were attended by the company’s management team. Special attention was paid to protection and use of trademark and industrial design.

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SEMINAR IN KIKINDA

SEMINAR IN KIKINDA

March 12, 2012

On Friday, March 9, 2012, in the Centre for Professional Training from the town of Kikinda, a Seminar was given by the Education and Information Center of IPO on the topic “Protection of IP Rights” in the organization of the General Association of Entrepreneurs from Kikinda.

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SEMINAR ON THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMY IN NIS

SEMINAR ON THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMY IN NIS

March 9, 2012

At the Faculty of Economy in Nis, a Seminar was held yesterday on the evaluation of intellectual property, its use at the market and the utilization of particular strategies. The experts of EIC presented to the professors and students at the faculty the possibilities given by traditional and also by so called “soft” forms of intellectual property.

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IPO SERVICES PRESENTED IN LESKOVAC

IPO SERVICES PRESENTED IN LESKOVAC

March 9, 2012

In cooperation with the Regional Chamber of Commerce of Leskovac, in the hall of the Chamber of Commerce, on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, a seminar was held dedicated to the services of the IPO intended for SMEs, while in the second part of the seminar, the topics of trademarks and GI were covered.

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PATENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

March 6, 2012

Yesterday, in the library of the Institute for Biological Explorations “Sinisa Stankovic”, the experts of IPO and the Education and Information Center of IPO held lectures on the topic “Protection of New Technical Solutions by Patent and Patenting in the Field of Biotechnology” for the employees and researchers in the different departments of this Institute.

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LECTURES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN PIROT

LECTURES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN PIROT

March 5, 2012

In the organization of the General Association of Entrepreneurs “Pirot”, in the same town of Pirot, on Friday, March 2nd, 2012, Intellectual Property Seminar was held. Apart from the basics of intellectual property rights, the main topics of the seminar included the trademarks and indications of geographical origin.

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SEMINAR ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN OF ZAJECAR

SEMINAR ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN OF ZAJECAR

March 1, 2012

In the premises of the National Agency for Regional Development in the town of Zajecar, yesterday, a one day Seminar was held on the basics of intellectual property in the joint organization of the Education and Information Center of IPO and NARR. Experts of the Education and Information Center gave lecture on all intellectual property rights, copyright and related rights and “soft intellectual property” to the attendees, including primarily the representatives of the SMEs in the Region of Timok.

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE TYPICAL PRODUCTS OF THE DISTRICT OF ZLATIBOR

DEVELOPMENT OF THE TYPICAL PRODUCTS OF THE DISTRICT OF ZLATIBOR

March 1, 2012

In the Regional Chamber of Commerce of Uzice, on February 28, 2012, a public presentation was held of the Report on the Typical Products of the District of Zlatibor, realized in the framework of the Project “Development of the Typical Products in the North-East Bosnia and the District of Zlatibor in Serbia”, realized by the Regional Development Agency Zlatibor in partnership with the association Independent Bureau for the Development from Modrica. The public presentation was attended by the representatives of the IPO.

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UNIVERSITIES AND IP IN NOVI SAD

UNIVERSITIES AND IP IN NOVI SAD

March 1, 2012

In the teachers room in the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, in the framework of the serial of workshops kept by the experts of the ICIP Project in cooperation with the National Agency for Regional Development, IPO and the technical faculties from Kragujevac, Novi Sad and Nis, from February 28-29, 2012, a two day workshop was held under a title “ Technology Transfer and Technology Brokery”. During the first day of the Workshop, the participants listened to the lecture of the expert of the Education and Information Center “Universities and IP”.

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PRAKTIKA INTERN 2012 TRAINING PROGRAM OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ACADEMY

February 27, 2012

The European Patent Academy organises an internship programme "Praktika Intern" for patent professionals - European patent attorneys and candidates preparing for the European qualifying examination (EQE). For the first time this year, an additional module for those at the very beginning of their professional career is offered. Please find below some information regarding the internship programme.

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SEMINAR ON INNOVATIONS AND IP

February 24, 2012

In the premises of the IPO, from February 22-23, 2012 a seminar was held in the framework of the program “Innovation Coach”, an ICIP project in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Office. The first day of the Seminar was dedicated to innovations by public scientific and R&D organizations, while the main topic of the second date was the intellectual property and the most important issues in this field for the public R&D institutes.

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SEMINAR "INFORMATION SOURCES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY"

February 22, 2012

Seminar "Information sources in biotechnology" will be held on March 29 in the University of Belgrade. Main topics will include sequences databases, sequences search tools, proteins, enzymes, bioactive chemical compounds and search in patent databases.

Seminar is mutually organized by the University of Belgrade, Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia and SLING Project of the European Commission. Participation is free of charge. For more information on the seminar and registration method please click here.

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LECTURE ON THE COPYRIGHT IN KOVACICA

LECTURE ON THE COPYRIGHT IN KOVACICA

February 20, 2012

In the Gallery Babka in the village of Kovacica, famous for its art colony, an exhibition of the naïve painting of Slovaks in Serbia was held yesterday as part of the intangible heritage in Serbia in the framework of the commemoration of the February 21 – The World Day of the Mother Tongue. The representative of IPO, on that occasion, held a lecture on the protection of copyright in the works of fine arts.

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NOTICE

February 10, 2012

We inform you that the Intellectual Property Gazette no 6/2011 was the last issued in the printed and electronic form on compact disc. Starting from the number 1/2012, the Gazette will be printed only in the digital form (in PDF format) and it will be available at the internet address of the Intellectual Property Office.

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JPO AND THE EPO AGREE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MACHINE TRANSLATION

February 7, 2012

In a landmark step towards increased use of worldwide patent information on the internet, the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Yoshiyuki Iwai, and the President of the European Patent Office (EPO), Benoît Battistelli, have signed an agreement which will provide users of the patent system with better machine translations of patents from Japanese into English and then into German and French.

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SEMINARS HELD FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE INDUSTRY ND TECHNICAL OFFICES FOR REPAIRS

SEMINARS HELD FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE INDUSTRY ND TECHNICAL OFFICES FOR REPAIRS

February 3, 2012

Today, at the premises of Education and Information Center at the IPO, the last of the three seminars on patents was held. In the course of the three days of this week, they were attended by forty employees in the business companies for special purpose industry of the Ministry of Defense and technical offices for repairs.

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SEMINARS HELD FOR THE EXAMINERS OF THE MILITARY TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

SEMINARS HELD FOR THE EXAMINERS OF THE MILITARY TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

January 30, 2012

Education and Information Center, in the course of the last week, organized three seminars for the three groups of the examiners of the Military Technical Institute. The seminars were attended by around 50 examiners, and the main topic was the patent protection, with the special emphasize placed on the new Patent Law.

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SEMINAR HELD IN GOLUBAC

SEMINAR HELD IN GOLUBAC

January 27, 2012

The experts of the Education and Information Center of the IPO held the Seminar yesterday in the town of Golubac on the IP protection in the organization of the Tourist Organization of Golubac. Particular attention at the Seminar was devoted to the trademark, collective trademark and warranty trademark as well as indications of geographical origin.

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