National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I and Chapter II : 30 months (31 with additional fee).
Validity: issued after a formal and full examination - valid for 20 years.
Annuities: are due for the third and each following year for patent applications and patents counting from the filing date.
Opposition: not provided for.
Kinds of protection: verbal, pictorial, three-dimensional and other designations or their combinations. Service marks are registrable. Besides the original version, filing of word mark applications in the Cyrillic alphabet is highly recommended.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. Non-use during any five-year period after the publication date may lead to cancellation.
Duration - renewals: 10-year period after the filing date or last renewal date.
Opposition: not provided for. Interested persons can only notify the IP Office about the existence of an identical or similar sign or other reasons for refusal.
Duration: after formal and complete examination: 25 years from the filing date.
Renewals: payable in 5-year intervals.
Opposition: not provided for. Interested persons can notify the IP Office that the application for a design does not fulfill the legal requirements and submit evidence in support.
Duration – renewals: one to ten years, renewable for like periods.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: available (variation of UDRP) before the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Area: 88,361 sq. km.
Population: 8,980,000 inhabitants (estimated 2013).
Capital: Belgrade, with 1,580,000 inhabitants.
Language: Serbian, may be written in both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabet.
Currency: Serbian dinar.
Formerly called Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the country officially changed its name to the Union of Serbia and Montenegro on February 4, 2003, and was then dissolved into two separate countries on June 3, 2006. The IP Office of Serbia and Montenegro now operates as the Intellectual Property Office of Serbia. Industrial property rights registered or applied for registration in the Union of Serbia and Montenegro continue to be valid in Serbia and revalidation is not required.
If you wish more detailed information concerning intellectual property protection in this territory please contact us or order Katzarov's Manual on Industrial Property®.
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