Intellectual Property

Nenad Aleksić Law Office finds the most convenient way for clients to protect their inventions in Serbia based on prior art research, features of the specific inventions, and clients’ plans regarding the invention.

We represent clients in procedures for obtaining a patent or a petty patent:

• Serbian patent
• National phase of PCT application
• Validation of European patent

According to the inventor’s instructions, we prepare the application in a manner that complies with the legal conditions and meets the requirements of the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia. We follow the entire process from filing the application through possible responses to official actions until reviewing the patent certificate, prudently taking appropriate action at each stage of the proceedings to ensure a positive outcome. Upon granting the right, we look after the client’s annual obligations, which are necessary for the maintenance of rights in maximum duration.

Nenad Aleksić Law Office advises clients that it is reasonable to begin the registration of a product or service mark with the research procedure to find out whether the particular mark or a similar one has already been registered or filed in Serbia. This way, promptly and with minimal costs, the clients can assess the chance for trademark registration and avoid unnecessary costs in cases where protection would not be granted.

We represent clients in the registration procedure from preparation and filing of the application through possible responses to official actions and provisional refusal of the international applications until reviewing of the trademark certificate. We look after the deadlines for renewal of the trademark and, if necessary, prudently watch whether third parties file or register marks that are identical or similar to the trademarks of the clients.

In the procedure for registration of industrial designs in Serbia, Nenad Aleksić Law Office represents clients in all stages: from preparation of the application in a manner that complies with the legal conditions and meets the requirements of the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia through responses to possible official actions, until reviewing of the certificate, prudently taking appropriate action at each stage of the proceedings in order to ensure a positive outcome. 

Through representation in the proceedings for depositing a work of authorship in Serbia, Nenad Aleksić Law Office provides clients with the most reliable evidence of the work’s existence. By registering their works, the clients, on the one hand, discourage competition from unauthorised use of their works and, on the other hand, greatly facilitate protection before the court in case of infringement.

We advise and represent clients in all required procedures in the area of ​​the rights of performers, publishers, film producers, and producers of phonograms.

Nenad Aleksić Law Office stands firmly with clients in representing their interests when negotiating the transfer of rights, preparing assignments, licenses, copyrights, publishing, performing, and other agreements in this field in Serbia.

In case of violation of registered rights or rights in pending procedures, Nenad Aleksić Law Office carries out procedures before customs, inspection and courts to protect the client’s rights effectively and in due course, with idea to avoid the damages and reduce costs as much as possible.