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Inventions and innovations in the plant sector are not protected by patents but through a similar procedure before the Ministry of Agriculture. Most of the Balkan states are part of UPOV and the procedure is standardized. We coordinate our clients with the local Ministries of agriculture both in Plant Breeder’s rights and Plant Variety Registration matters, including handling of annual maintenance fees for our clients’ registered Plant Breeder’s rights.
The advantage of having a plant variety entered in the Plant Variety Registry is in the possibility to commercialize the plant of interest, whereas granted plant breeder’s rights enable the producer to develop an existing or create a new variety.
Feel free to contact us to receive additional information on these matters.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
In order to harmonize its legal framework with the European Union (EU) and international standards, The National Assembly of Slovenia adopted amendments to the Slovenian Industrial Property Act, which entered into force on July 27, 2023. The primary purpose of the amendments is to simplify procedures, increase affordability, and improve effectiveness.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Introducing the electronic Patent Document; increased official fees for EP validation.
This week, our IPO has made changes to its official fees. We are currently preparing our new Tariff, which will reflect these changes. (you can request the new Tariff from…
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Our ‘FOCUS ON’ series provides a short basic overview of country’s general information, with focus on main IP points of interest.
Protecting your invention through a petty patent Petty patent is a right protecting an invention that relates to construction of a product or the layout of its components. In Serbia,…
At the end of February 2022, the mentioned new laws have entered into force, having been published in the Intellectual property Gazette on February 4 – 5, 2022. We can…
Each month we answer 3-5 questions our clients often have on a specific topic and share it with you. Q1: When is Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) issued? For patents that…
Licence can refer to patent and design rights, related know-how and trade marks.
It provides the licensee with the right to use an IP right for a certain period of time, for a fee, usually in a specific geographic area. At the same time, this allows the IP right’s owner to extend their brand into new markets quicker, to generate profit (through set fee or royalty), reduce costs and time to market penetration and therefore, often, gain competitive advantage.
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Although the EP validations are uniformly regulated by the European patent Convention, here are a few curiosities you may find interesting.