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Publish Date: 25-Jun-2010
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Patents
Adidas Loses Against Hungarian Inventor in Patent Infringement Suit
On May 12, 2010, the Hungarian Patent Office (HPO) ruled in favor of the Hungarian soccer gear inventor Laszlo Oroszi in his patent infringement suit against the German sports apparel manufacturer Adidas, concerning Oroszi’s patent known as the ball-directing striped-line zone that Adidas allegedly, without Oroszi’s authorization, incorporated into their Predator Precision range of soccer shoes.
Oroszi told the Budapest Report that he registered the patent in Hungary on October 14, 1996, explaining that the striped zone at the tip of the shoe permits football players to shoot more accurately. Oroszi’s representative presented the patent to Adidas in 1998, but Adidas declined the offer claiming that it does not fit into their concept for the then new Predator Precision soccer shoes. However, Oroszi claims that the Predator Precision soccer shoes with his patented concept were launched just before the Euro 2000 soccer Championship.
In 2006 Adidas initiated a nullity proceeding against Oroszi’s patent in Hungary in response to Oroszi’s patent infringement suit. The German company argued that Oroszi obtained an invalid patent and demanded that the HPO annuls it. As a result, the court suspended the patent infringement proceedings until the patent status became resolved.
Last fall, the patent status was resolved in favor of Oroszi. This was the third time that Adidas appealed and that HPO ruled in favor of Oroszi. Adidas was left with no new grounds to object against Oroszi’s concept, resulting in the patent infringement case coming out of suspension.
Oroszi notes that, although Adidas earned millions by using his concept without his consent, he cannot sue the company outside Hungary, as he has no funds to obtain foreign patent protection.
As stated in the Budapest Report, although Adidas negated the accusations and maintained that they used their own ideas, they were not able to provide the patent for the concept that was built into their soccer shoes.
Source: Budapest Report
Czech Republic Applies for Patent Protection for Powdered Beer Recipe
The Czech Research Institute of Brewing and Malting has applied for a worldwide patent to protect its allegedly unique powdered beer recipe.
The Institute has been producing powdered beer since the early 1990s by mixing the powdered hop wort with water and yeast and leaving it to sit around for three weeks. Now it wants to protect its recipe against other powdered beer recipes.
According to experts, the Czechs face tough competition as there already exist two patents connected with powdered beer production, one in Korea and one in Germany. Moreover, the Institute had applied for patent protection before, but was not able to obtain it from the Czech PTO because it was late in submitting the explanation on how this particular beer powder differs from similar patents.
Josef Dvornák, director of the International Department at the Czech PTO, explained that the patent application has already been published while the approval process will take some time. “[Following the publication], the applicant usually waits 36 months, three years, for the next decision about whether to continue with the process of granting a patent or not. This is the time when the applicant can try to find a business opportunity to sell the license or find some partners for producing the patent technology or so on,” he explained.
Tomáš Zoufalý from the Institute said that the aim of their initiative is to bring the Czech beer closer to people who cannot obtain it the usual way. “This is ideal for home production, or for those on the ranch, or in the mountain hut or let’s say in the Alpine tourist resorts,” he added.
Approximately 50 tons of Czech powdered beer is sold annually around the world, mainly in the countries of the former Soviet Union, Canada and Singapore.
Source: Radio Prague
First Electronic Application for Invention in Ukraine
After working for almost five years on introducing electronic applications, at the beginning of June the Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute received the first electronic application for an invention complete with the digital signature.
The application was prepared and submitted by the patent attorney Tatiana Lisna on behalf of the applicant Taktona, LLC, for an invention in the field of internal combustion engines.
As stated by the Deputy Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property Vladimir Dmitrishin, the transition to the paperless form is very important as it will substantially simplify the filing of applications and make the obtaining of industrial property rights procedure faster and cheaper.
Source: Unian.net
Moldovan IPO, EPO Organize Workshops on Drafting Patent Applications
On June 1 and 2, 2010 the Moldovan State Agency for Intellectual Property (AGEPI) and the European Patent Office (EPO) organized two workshops on drafting patent applications for the local patent experts. The workshops aimed to present the best European practices regarding the patent application process and train the local experts in applying them.
Authorized European patent attorneys Karl Rackette, from the German IP law firm Rackette, and Emmanuel Jelsch, from the Swiss IP law firm Katzarov, presented case studies related to invention protection to about 40 Moldovan patent agents. Attendees were also given tips on writing patent descriptions in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Source: Moldovan PTO
Czech Businessmen Not Interested in Financing Science and Research at Universities
Over the last seven years, the Czech universities submitted only 14 applications for patents, one of the main reasons for this being that the Czech businessmen are not interested in financing science and research at universities, stated the representatives of the Ceska hlava project, aimed at supporting and promoting Czech science and technology, on May 20, 2010.
“Research at universities is impossible without subsidies from the state budget,” Vaclav Marek from Ceska hlava added, noting that only 3.5 percent of Czech companies said that they have cooperated with universities. He emphasized that foreign companies are more interested in Czech patents than domestic companies.
Figures released by the Czech Statistical Office show that only 0.6 percent of the investments into research at universities in 2008 came from entrepreneurs. A study conducted by the Czech Statistical Office for Ceska hlava shows that the state provides approximately 91.6 percent of the financing for science and research. This percentage in the EU overall is 80.7 percent.
Source: Prague Daily Monitor
Trademarks
New Trademark Law in Armenia Enters into Force July 1
The Armenian Parliament has recently adopted the new Law on Trademarks, which is to enter into force on July 1, 2010. The document is a completely new piece of legislation abolishing the previous Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin from the year 2000.
The Law follows recent trademark developments and constitutes a great leap forward to a complete and comprehensive system of trademarks rights protection in Armenia.
The Law introduces a new definition of a trademark, accepting the notion of a trademark as a sign capable of being represented graphically and used to distinguish goods and/or services of one rights holder from those of the other. At the same time the Law broadens the list of signs that can be registered as trademarks by adding holograms and colors or combination of colors to the trademarks defined by the current legislation. The list of signs to be registered as trademarks remains exclusive.
As for the relative grounds for the refusal of trademark applications or revocation of registered trademarks, the Law introduces protection for trademarks with reputation in Armenia for goods and/or services that are not identical or similar to goods and/or services for which the reputed trademark is registered (dilution provision). The law also introduces protection against applications filed in bad faith.
One of the most important developments of the new Law is the opposition procedure prescribed by Articles 44 and 46, according to which all new trademark applications are to be published in the PTO’s Official Gazette after which any third party can file a remark or opposition within two months from the publishing date.
The new Law abolishes mandatory registration of trademark licenses and assignment agreements. According to the new law, a trademark license or an assignment agreement becomes effective with respect to third parties from the date of its registration with the PTO registry.
Source: PETOSEVIC
“Arbun” New Trade Name for Armenian Brandy Replacing Armenian Cognac
On May 20, 2010, the Armenian government approved the name “Arbun” as the new trade name for Armenian brandy. Brandy production is a major branch of Armenia’s economy. Armenian brandies are exported to over 20 countries, the Russian market being the largest.
The labels on Armenian brandies will carry both words “Brandy” and “Arbun” for a period of five years from the day the decision comes into force, to allow customers to get used to the new name. Previously, Armenian brandy was marketed as “Armenian cognac”. This move was stopped by the European Union, which recognizes Cognac as the exclusive name for brandy produced in the Cognac area of France. Therefore, the labels will say “Armenian Arbun”. The decision is in line with Armenia’s commitment under a number of international agreements.
Hrant Bagratian, the former prime minister of Armenia and the former vice president of the Yerevan Brandy Company in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, stated that Armenians have full authority to produce cognac since the French law on brandy was adopted in 1909, while the Armenians started making brandy in 1887.
Tigran Sargsyan, Armenia’s current prime minster, explained that the word “Arbun” comes from the Armenian verb “arbetsnel”, which means “to make somebody tipsy or drunk”. He stressed that this word was chosen following discussions with specialized organizations and other interested parties.
Source: Yerevan Report
Domains
Estonian Registry Liberalizes .EE Domain Registration System as of July 5
The Estonian Internet Foundation (EIF), the official registry of the Estonian .EE country code top-level domain (ccTLD), has announced that the new rules regulating the .EE registration process will come into effect on July 5, 2010. The new rules will significantly liberalize the registration system, thus making the .EE domain more accessible.
As of July 5, in addition to the legal entities and natural persons, foreigners will also be allowed to register .EE domains and there will be no limit to the number of domains that natural persons and legal entities can register. The EIF will take over the management and registration of domain names from the current registry EENet and enforce the new regulations and fees. The EIF will also establish an arbitration court for domain disputes at its premises.
The EIF has accredited several .EE registrars and listed their names on its website. The owners of domain names registered under the old rules will be given a six-month transition period in order to choose a registrar and re-register their domains.
The new rules do not contain any references to the sunrise period for the owners of existing rights, such as the trademark owners.
The new rules were announced back in January and the new registration policy was expected to come into force on February 1, 2010, but the EIF postponed the deadline several times.
Source: EIF
Serbia to Get Cyrillic Domain by End of 2010
Serbia is expected to obtain the Cyrillic country code top-level domain (ccTLD) by the end of this year, according to the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) website.
During the past month, Serbian citizens were able to vote for one of the four offered suggestions: .србија (Serbia), .сб (sb), .срб (srb) and .рсб (rsb). The voter turnout was high. The results are expected to be announced by the end of June. The extension that gets the highest number of votes will be submitted to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for approval.
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society and the RNIDS representatives, who are communicating with ICANN about the allocation of the new ccTLD, explained that the domain extension has to contain at least one character from the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, providing it is different from any character in the Latin script.
Domain names in non-Latin scripts have already been launched in Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Source: RNIDS
Appellations of Origin
Macedonia Ratifies Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin
According to the Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 77, published on June 8, 2010, the Macedonian Assembly ratified the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, at its session on May 31, 2010.
The agreement will enter into force three months after the date on which the WIPO Director General is notified of the ratification.
Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia
Copyrights
Microsoft Loses Copyright Infringement Suit Against Lithuanian BitTorrent Tracker
According to the blog TorrentFreak, reporting on the latest news on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing, Microsoft was unable to shut down the largest Lithuanian BitTorrent website LinkoManija after the court of appeals overturned earlier decision in favor of the defendant.
At the beginning of 2010, Microsoft sued LinkoManija’s owner and host for assisting in the unauthorized distribution of Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 applications. Microsoft obtained an injunction against the website and its alleged operator, Kestas Ermanas, whose assets were seized and bank accounts frozen. However, the website remained online as Ermanas appealed the decision claiming that he had transferred the ownership of LinkoManija to another party back in 2009.
According to TorrentFreak’s May 21, 2010 post, the court of appeals has recently ruled in Ermanas’s favor and LinkoManija will remain online until Microsoft files a new lawsuit against the present owner of the Lithuanian BitTorrent. The date of the final trial has not been set yet, but it is expected soon.
Microsoft lost a similar case in Lithuania in March 2010 against a LinkoMania user who allegedly shared Windows 7 Ultimate without authorization. The court ruled in favor of the defendant due to a lack of evidence against him.
Source: TorrentFreak
Copyright Office to Open in Kosovo
On May 26, 2010, the Kosovo government approved the Regulation establishing the Copyright Office in Kosovo.
The regulation provides that the Office will be within the authority of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. The Law on Copyright was enacted in 2006.
The Deputy Minister of Culture Lirie Kajtazi stated that the duties of the Office will include certifying and supervising the associations representing the copyright and related rights holders, as well as other legal subjects specialized in administering copyrights, which meet the criteria set by the law.
Kajtazi added that the Office will soon be functional and staffed, but did not give an exact opening date.
Source: Koha DItore
Majority of Azerbaijan Press Violate Copyrights
Only 30 percent of the Azerbaijani news portals write their own news stories, while the remaining 70 percent just copy them, Azerbaijani Copyright Agency Chairman Kamran Imanov stressed at a roundtable called “Copyright in the Mass Media: Problems and Ways of Solution”, held on May 14, 2010.
Imanov cautioned that just because the information in a certain news item is not copyrighted, it does not mean that the item can be used freely.
“In fact, the news is considered the right of the author if the information has the characteristic features, if it transforms into a creative product, and if it contains commentary and analysis,” he explained.
Imanov urged journalists, as champions of freedom of speech and freedom of press, to respect the copyright law, which protects “freedom and inviolability”.
Source: Trend News Agency
Customs
Romanian Customs Seize Adidas, Nike, Armani Counterfeits
During regular controls in the period between May 21 and June 3, 2010, the Romanian customs officials seized a considerable quantity of goods believed to be counterfeit, bearing well-known brand labels, worth approximately EUR 1,000,000 (USD 1,225,797).
On May 21, the customs officials in collaboration with members of the police ran a regular control at a commercial center in Bucharest, the outcome of which was the seizure of 15,885 items believed to be counterfeit, including 13,347 clothing articles bearing the marks of Adidas, Nike, Puma, Armani, Dolce&Gabbana, Lacoste, 1,068 pairs of sneakers bearing the marks of Adidas, Nike and Puma, 1,466 perfumes and cosmetic products bearing the marks of Dior, Dolce&Gabanna, Hugo Boss, Kenzo, Lancome, Guess, Armani and four wristwatches bearing the marks of D&G, Armani, Guess and Burberry.
On the same day, the customs inspectors at the port of Constanta, on the western coast of the Black Sea, seized 20,728 items believed to be counterfeit, including games and toys such as electric motorcycles, dolls, ponies, puzzles, stickers, drums, playing cards, plastic laptops, minicomputers and plastic football game sets, bearing the logos of Disney, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, World Cup, Hannah Montana, Winnie the Pooh and Hello Kitty.
On May 26, the officials at the port of Constanta seized 3,258 pairs of shoes and 2,160 cardboard toys bearing the marks of Louis Vuitton and Disney. On May 28, the officials seized 9,120 pairs of clogs bearing the logo Crocs. Various cardboard and plastic toys bearing the marks of Hannah Montana and Bakugan were seized on June 1, and 8,160 clothing items such as blouses, cotton dresses and hooded T-shirts, bearing the mark of Hannah Montana were seized on June 3.
The goods were discovered in containers originating in China and intended for companies in Romania.
Source: Romanian Customs
Macedonian Customs Seize Counterfeit Sunglasses, Footwear, Apparel
During regular controls at Macedonia’s border crossings in the period between May 10 and June 6, 2010, the customs officials seized a considerable quantity of goods bearing well-known brand names believed to be counterfeit.
In the week of May 10-16, the customs officials seized 2,180 sets of football shirts and shorts, tracksuit bottoms, t-shirts and men’s underwear bearing the logos of Adidas, D&G and Calvin Klein, 610 pairs of sneakers bearing the logos of Puma and Kappa, 640 pairs of children’s sneakers bearing the logo of Puma, 93 trousers, T-shirts, jackets and shorts bearing the logos of Emporio Armani, Chanel, Louis Vuiton, Versace, Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Armani, Replay, Replay, D&G and Cavalli, and 36 pairs of sneakers bearing the logo of Adidas.
In the week of May 17-23 the officials seized 1,712 pairs of sunglasses bearing the marks of Police, Ray-Ban, Dior and Armani, as well as 116 T-shirts, shorts, trousers, children’s outfits and football jerseys bearing the logos of Levi’s, Ferre, Dolce&Gabanna, Hugo Boss, Armani, Energie, Cavalli, Tommy Hilfiger, Okaidi, Polo and Adidas.
In the period between May 24 and June 6, the customs officials seized 415 mobile phones bearing the logo of Nokia, 1,920 video camera tapes and 16 МP3 players bearing the logo of Sony, 1,050 men’s bathing suits bearing the logo of Adidas, 2,810 batteries bearing the logo of Panasonic and 460 T-shirts bearing the logos of Polo and Nike.
The goods, which were found in trucks with Turkish and Macedonian license plates, originated in Turkey, China and Dubai, and were intended for the Macedonian and Kosovo markets.
Source: Macedonian Customs
Anti-counterfeiting & Piracy
Russian Online Pharmacy Uses PGEU Endorsement Logo Without Authorization
A Russian online pharmacy has been using the endorsement logo of the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU), a European association representing European Union pharmacists, on their e-commerce website without PGEU authorization, leading consumers to believe that the pharmaceutical goods sold on the Russian website are approved by this Brussels-based organization.
The PGEU was informed on May 19, 2010 that the Russian owned Internet pharmacy, named Canadian Neighbor Pharmacy, offering Viagra and other prescription drugs, posted the PGEU endorsement logo. The pharmacy was taken down on May 20, 2010. Its web address was www.cancarepharmacy.com.
By clicking on the PGEU logo, the customers would be redirected to a counterfeit certificate signed by the PGEU President Filip Babylon. The pharmacy also claimed that four other North American pharmacy associations endorsed it.
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) insists that the PGEU endorsement logo is displayed on all legal online pharmacies. Considering the apparent ease of counterfeiting endorsement certification, PGEU calls for a better solution. “Of course it is absolutely important that patients who wish to buy medicines legally on the Internet are given safe options to do so. However our experience shows that we run the risk of creating a false sense of security if counterfeiting certification is so easy. We should not put patients in the position of having to discriminate between fake and real certification. We need to explore technological options which put certification beyond the counterfeiters”, stated the PGEU Secretary General John Chave.
The PGEU became aware of the unauthorized use of the endorsement logo when one of its members received a spam email message from the Russian pharmacy with the alleged PGEU endorsement.
PGEU represents around 400,000 members, including national associations and representative bodies of European Union pharmacists in 30 countries.
Source: Medical News Today
7,000 Pairs of Fake Nike Sneakers Destroyed in Serbia
On June 2, 2010, the Serbian customs officials and representatives of the PETOSEVIC office in Belgrade organized and witnessed the destruction of 7,428 pairs of sneakers and 34,000 rubber labels found to infringe the intellectual property rights of Nike.
The counterfeit items were fed through a truck tire shredder at a city waste yard. Also present at the destruction were the representatives of Nike and Delta Sport, the exclusive distributor of Nike and other leading sports brands in the region.
The infringing goods originated in China and were imported by two local firms. The goods were seized on the border crossing Batrovci between Serbia and Croatia.
You can see the photos of the destruction in our gallery.
Source: PETOSEVIC
Level of Fake Pesticides in Russia Doubles
The amount of counterfeit pesticides used in Russia has doubled in the last few years and is now among the highest in the world, reports agroru.com, a Russian agricultural portal.
According to the Russian Union of Manufacturers of Crop Protection Products (RUMCPP) estimates, the share of counterfeit pesticides in Russia ranges from 15 to 30 percent whereas in 2006 it was 10 percent. The value of counterfeit pesticides is estimated to be approximately USD 85,000,000 (EUR 69,000,000).
Source: Agroru.com
Software Piracy Rates Increasing in Ukraine
According to the data recently presented by the analytical company IDC, the rate of unlicensed software use in Ukraine increased by 1 percent last year, reaching the 85 percent mark, while the piracy losses reached USD 272,000,000 (EUR 220,000,000) in 2009.
As the increasing software piracy rates have adverse effects on the technological and economical development of the country and its investment attractiveness, the government has made promises to the international community to actively combat piracy and severely punish the companies offering unlicensed products to their clients.
The deputy chief of the state department for fighting economic crime stated that during the first four months of 2010, Ukrainian law enforcement authorities discovered 107 cases of copyright infringement of Microsoft’s products and that as a result Microsoft initiated 76 proceedings in Ukrainian courts.
The deputy chairman of the Ministry of Education’s intellectual property department said that a special Coordination Board has been created, consisting of state authorities and rights holders, in order to combat the proliferation of unlicensed products in Ukraine.
The Board has outlined several priorities for the 2010-2012 period, which are:
- Decreasing the level of software piracy by 5 percent
- Making sure that state authorities use legal software
- Adopting additional legislation against the producers of pirated products
- Organizing additional training for law enforcement officials and judges
- Reducing the movement of pirated goods by tightening border control
Source: Unian.net
Bulgarian Police Seize Counterfeit Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce&Gabbana Jeans
During the recent inspection of a commercial site located at the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach in eastern Bulgaria, the Bulgarian police officials seized counterfeit clothing bearing well-known brand names.
The police seized 59 pairs of jeans with the marks of Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce&Gabbana, G-Star and Armani and four sweaters with the G-Star mark.
Source: bszone.info
Music Industry Piracy Roundtable in Serbia
On May 27, 2010, a roundtable on piracy in the music industry was held at the Serbian Intellectual Property Office’s recently opened center for intellectual property information and education.
The participants said that Serbia has adequate IP legislation, harmonized with EU regulations, and that state authorities have a legal basis to act decisively in suppressing piracy. The participants also stated that an additional training of judges in this field is needed, as well as a stronger cooperation among government bodies having the authority in the area of intellectual property rights protection.
The participants emphasized that piracy can only be suppressed by joint efforts of state authorities and the private sector, which is directly affected by piracy, and underlined the fact that reducing piracy by just one percent opens up the possibility of 1200 new jobs.
Mikailo Tijanic, the head the Serbia’s Ministry of Interior’s Department for the Suppression of IP Crime, stated that Serbia, with the 70 percent piracy rate and the downward trend in the last few years, is approaching the piracy rates of some EU countries.
Vlado Georgijev, one of the most popular singers in Serbia, who was also present at the roundtable, mentioned that pirated disks are often sold in legal shops and that broadcasters emit music using illegal discs and MP3 files downloaded from the illegal servers.
This roundtable was the first in a series of events that the center for IP information and education is planning to organize in order to educate the public and raise awareness about the importance of IP protection.
Source: Serbian IPO
Moldovan PTO and State Medicines Agency Sign Agreement to Fight Counterfeit Drugs
On May 25, Moldovan PTO and the State Medicines Agency signed a cooperation agreement to improve the law enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights in terms of the pharmaceutical industry.
The agreement is supposed to help prevent the spread of counterfeit medicines that can endanger human life and health. The two institutions are bound by the agreement to create a working group that will implement the necessary security measures.
Source: Moldovan PTO
New Laws
Bosnian Parliament Adopts Five Draft IP Laws
On May 28, 2010, the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted five draft laws in the field of intellectual property. The laws are now being revised by a lexical commission and are expected to enter into force by the end of the year.
The following draft laws were adopted:
- The Draft Law on Patents
- The Draft Law on Trademarks
- The Draft Law on Industrial Design
- The Draft Law on the Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin
- The Draft Law on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Topographies
Bosnia currently has only one law on IP rights, the Law on Industrial Property, which entered into force on August 27, 2002 covering patents, trademarks, designs and geographical indications and designations of origin. The objective is to make separate laws for each IP area, as part of Bosnia’s accession into the European Union and the harmonization of its legislation with the European Union.
The Draft Law on Patents introduces the category of non-examined patents and clearly regulates additional protection certificates for patents. It also shortens the deadline for entering into the national phase of patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) from 34 to 31 months, from the international filing date.
Non-examined patents, which were previously called short-term patents, do not require substantive examination and are valid for ten years. As for additional protection certificates, they can be issued if products need to be certified by various government agencies.
The Draft Law on Trademarks abolishes the previous practice of substantive examination and introduces opposition procedures. It also allows third parties to submit informal, non-binding opinions concerning pending trademark applications.
Further changes include well-defined procedures on customs measures and administrative measures regarding the trademark enforcement, as well as introduction of certification marks, generic term disclaimers and special provisions concerning the protection of marks for wine and strong alcoholic drinks.
The Draft Law on the Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin aims to increase the protection from unfair competition. The inspection control is introduced in accordance with the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
The Draft Law on Industrial Designs regulates the conditions for protection of industrial design, defines the right to industrial design and regulates the procedure for international registration of industrial design.
According to the new Draft Law on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Topographies, the protection of integrated circuit topographies can be requested within two years from the day of the first commercial exploitation anywhere in the world. This area of IP has not been regulated in Bosnia by law so far.
Source: PETOSEVIC
PETOSEVIC People
Vladimir Nika, the director of the PETOSEVIC office in Albania, has updated a 62-page chapter on Albania for the Wolters Kluwer publication called the Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks throughout the World.
The chapter was edited by Ignacio Lazaro and Loic Dufour.
The publication, which has been continually updated and published since 1927, covers more than 200 jurisdictions worldwide providing relevant information on the regional industrial property protection systems. It includes information on patents, trademarks, industrial designs and utility models. It is also available in an online format.
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