Nenad Aleksić Law Office

Intellectual Property

We find the most convenient way for our clients to protect their invention, based on the prior art research, features of specific invention and clients’ plans with respect to 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 the manner that it complies with the legal conditions and meets the requirements of the Intellectual Property Office. We follow the entire process from filing of the application, through possible responses to official actions, until reviewing of the patent certificate, prudently taking appropriate action at each stage of the proceedings in order to ensure positive outcome. Upon granting of the right, we look after client’s annual obligations, necessary for the maintenance of rights in maximum duration.

We advise our clients that it is reasonable to begin the registration of a product or service mark with the research procedure, in order to find out whether the particular mark or a similar one has already been registered or filed. This way, promptly and with minimal costs, our 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 with the trademarks of our clients.

In the procedure for registration of industrial designs we represent our clients in all stages: from preparation of the application in the manner that it complies with the legal conditions and meets the requirements of the Intellectual Property Office, 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 positive outcome. During the whole procedure we prudently take appropriate action at each stage of the proceedings in order to ensure positive outcome. Upon granting of the right, we look after client’s annual obligations, necessary for the maintenance of rights in maximum duration.

Through representation in the proceedings for depositing of a work of authorship, we provide to our clients the most reliable evidence of the existence of the work. With such registration of their works, our clients, on the one hand, discourage competition from unauthorized use of their works, and, on the other hand, greatly facilitating the 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, producers of phonograms.

We stand firmly with our clients in representation of their interests when negotiate transfer of rights, as well as when prepare assignment, license, copyright, publishing, performing, license and other agreements in this field.

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