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Over the summer, Albania has also adopted the new Law on Patents that came into force mid- August and that aligns the legal framework with EU regulations.

Over the summer, Albania has adopted the new Law on Trade Marks (early July 2025) that came into force mid- August and that aligns the legal framework with EU regulations.

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.

New amendments to the trade mark legislation of Montenegro, which came into force this year, have been introduced to align it with the European Union’s regulations, specifically Directive (EU) 2015/2436.

Introducing the electronic Patent Document; increased official fees for EP validation.

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…

Starting this February, Republic of Serbia has changed their Trade Mark Law substantially by switching to an opposition based system rather than the one where the IPO examined all applications ex officio for absolute and relative grounds for refusal.

Tips on overcoming Provisional Refusals based on relative grounds in Republic of Serbia

Most jurisdictions our office covers (Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia) are based on the opposition system – new applications are examined on absolute grounds, then published, and open for 3rd party oppositions based on relative grounds.