Laws and Regulations(12 documents)

The Patent Law

“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” No. 99/2011, 113/2017 – other laws, 95/18, 66/19 and 123/21

Regulations on the content of certificates, applications and requests in the procedure of the protection of inventions, as well as the manner of filing the application and publication of inventions

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia" no. 78/2019

Law on Ratification of the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Patenting Procedure

Official Gazette SRY – International Treaties”, no. 3/93 dated June 18, 1993

Law on Ratification of the Patent Cooperation Treaty with the Regulations for the Enforcement of the Patent Cooperation Treaty – PCT

“Official Gazette SRY – International Treaties”, no. 3/96, dated September 6, 1996

Agreement between the Federal Governement of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the European Patent Organisation on Cooperation in the field of Patents — Co-operation and Extension Agreement

"Official Gazette of Serbia and Montenegro - International Agreements“, no. 14/2004 dated June 18, 2004; in force since November 1, 2004

Law on the Ratification of the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (Strasbourg, 1971, as amended in 1979)

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia - International Agreements", no. 42/2009 dated June 2, 2009; in force since July 15, 2009

Law on the Ratification of the Patent Law Treaty

“Official Gazette no. 19/10 dated march 26, 2010

Law on the Ratification of the Convention for the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) from October 5th, 1973, with the amendments of article 63 of the European Patent Convention from December 17, 1991, and amendments from November 29, 2000

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia - International Agreements", no. 5/2010 dated June 9, 2010; in force since October 1, 2010

The Law on Trademarks

“Official Gazette RS”, No.6/2020

Regulation on the contents of the Trademark Register, contents of requests, oppositions and proposals filed in the procedure for the grant and protection of trademarks and data filed in the official gazette of the competent body

“Official Gazette RS” no 25 dated March 21, 2021

The Methodology Applied by the Intellectual Property Office to the Procedure Relating to the Registration of Trade Marks and the Procedures Based on Registered Trade Marks

Anex I of The Methodology Applied by the Intellectual Property Office to the Procedure Relating to the Registration of Trade Marks and the Procedures Based on Registered Trade Marks

Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks

Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol

Law on the Ratification of the Trademark Law Treaty

“Official Gazette SRY – International Treaties”, no 4/1998 dated March 6, 1998

International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks

Vienna Agreement

Law on Ratification of the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Sake of Trademark Registration dated June 15, 1957, revised in Stockholm on Jule 14, 1967 and Geneva on May 13, 1977 and amended on September 28, 1979.

“Official Gazette RS – International Treaties”, no. 19/2010 dated 26.03.2010

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

Law on Legal Protection of Industrial Design

“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 104/09; 16/12/2009 and 45/15, 22/05/2015

Methodology Applied by the Intellectual Property Office in the Procedure for the Grant of Right to Industrial Design and in the Procedures Concerning Registered Industrial Designs

Annex I of Methodology applied by the Intellectual Property Office in the Procedure for the Grant of Right to Industrial Design and in the Procedures Concerning Registered Industrial Designs

Regulations on the content of the Register of Applications and Register of Industrial Designs, content of requests filed in the procedure for the grant and protection of rights on industrial designs and data published in the official gazette of the competent body

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", No 43/10, 44/2018

Law on the Ratification of the Hague Agreement on the International Application of Industrial Designs (the Hague Agreement) and the Supplementary Act from Stockholm

“Official Gazette SRY – International Treaties”, no.3/93 dated 18.06.1993

The Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (of 8 October, 1968)

The Geneva Act (of July 2, 1999)

The Law on Copyright and Related Rights

“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 104/09, 99/11, 119/12, 29/16-decision of Constitutional Court and 66/19

Regulation on the conditions to be fulfilled for the deposit of the copies of copyright protected works and subject matter of related rights, entry in the Register and deposit of copyright protected works and subject matter of related rights and the contents of the registration of deposited copyright protected works and subject matter of related rights with the competent authority

“Official Gazette RS”, No. 45/2010; since July 3, 2010; in force since July 11, 2010

Regulation on the establishment of the list of technical devices and items for which there is an obligation to pay a special remuneration to the holders of copyright and related rights

Official Gazette no. 45/2010

Regulation on the manner of keeping electronic records of broadcasting and rebroadcasting of copyright protected works

“Official Gazette RS”, no. 108/2014

Tariff for the realization of rights for the compensation for the public communication of musical works, performances and phonograms

“Official Gazette RS”, no 45/13

Tariff for the realization of right to special remuneration

Official Gazette RS no. 43/2013 and 8/2017

Agreement on the unified tariff of compensations for the broadcasting of phonograms and the performances recorded on them

“Official Gazette RS”, no 4/2015

The Law on Optical Discs

“Official Gazette RS”, No. 52/2011; since July 15, 2011; in force since July 23, 2011

Regulation on the contents and manner of keeping of the Register of allotted production codes and issued licenses, on the contents of claims and proofs confirming the meeting of conditions for the issuing of license, on the image and contents of the license and the content and manner of keeping records on optical discs

“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, no.13/2012 dated 24.02.2012

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

of 9 September 1886

Universal Copyright Convention

of 6 September 1952

The International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (“the Rome Convention”)

of 26 October 1961

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms

1971

The WIPO Copyright Treaty

1996

The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty

1996

Law on Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled from 2020

“Official Gazette RS – International Treaties” no. 1/2020 dated 27.01.2020. Treaty has entered into force for the Republic of Serbia on 24.05.2020

Law on Indications of Geographical Origin

“Official Gazette RS”, No. 18/2010; 26/3/2010

Regulation on the content of application for registration of indications of geographical origin and applications for recognition of the status of authorized user of indication of geographical origin

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", No. 93/2010

Lisbon Agreement on the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration

Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods

The Law on the Legal Protection of Topography of Semiconducting Products

“Official Gazette RS”, No. 55/13, 66/19

Regulation on the Procedure of Protecting of Topography of Semiconducting Products

“Official Gazette RS”, No.8/14, 29/01/14

The Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets

"Official Gazette RS" no. 53/2021, in force since 28.05.2021

The Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets

"Official Gazette RS" no. 53/2021, in force since 28.05.2021

Law on the Republic Administrative Fees

Tariff numbers 105–134 refer to the documents and actions relating to the intellectual property rights

Patent Law

“Official Gazette RS” No 99/11, 113/17 - other laws, 95/18, 66/19 and 123/21

Representation

Regulations on the program and manner of passing expert exam for the persons engaged in representation in the field of intellectual property - “Official Gazette RS” no.78/19

Law on Administrative Suits

“Official Gazette” RS no 111/2009 dated 29.12.2009

Law on Generale Administrative Procedure

“Official Gazette RS", no 18/2016 dated 1.3.2016.and 95/2018 – authentic interpretation dated 8.12.2016

The Law on Special Powers for the Purpose of Efficient Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

"Official Gazette of the RS", no. 46/06, 104/09

Ordinance on the Ratification of the Convention for the Establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization

"Official Gazette SFRY – International Treaties and Other Agreements", no. 31/72 and "Official Gazette SFRY –International Treaties", no. 4/86 – state regulation

Ordinance on the ratification of amendments on the text on the Convention on the Establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization

“Official Gazette SFRY – International Treaties no 4/86

Ordinance on the Ratification of the Paris Convention for the Protection of industrial Property

"Official Gazette SFRY – International Treaties and Other Agreements",no. 5/74 and "Official Gazette SFRY – International Treaties", no 7/86 – state regulation

Agreement on Trade Related Aspects on Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)

The texts of international treaties with comments and lists of states party to them have been taken from the book entitled "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Volume two: International Treaties", by Dr. Vesna Besarović, a full professor at the Belgrade Faculty of Law and Mr. Blagota Žarković, former Director of the Intellectual Property Office. Publisher: Dosije, Beograd. ISBN 86–81563–44–0

Methodology of the IPO for the procedure in the field of search and examination of the patent applications

in preparation