A trademark is a right that protects a sign that serves to distinguish the goods or services of one natural or legal person from the same or similar goods or services of another natural or legal person.

The Law on Trademarks (“Official Gazette of the RS”, No. 6/2020) regulates the acquisition and protection of the right to a trademark in the sale of goods and services.

A trademark in the sense of the Law on Trademarks (“Official Gazette of the RS”, No. 6/2020) is considered to be a trademark that is internationally registered for the territory of the Republic of Serbia, based on the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks (from now on referred to as the Madrid Agreement), i.e. the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks (from now on: Madrid Protocol).

The provisions of the Law on Trademarks (“Official Gazette of the RS”, No. 6/2020) also apply to a trademark, which is internationally registered for the territory of the Republic of Serbia based on the Madrid Agreement, i.e. the Madrid Protocol, if specific issues are not regulated by the Madrid Agreement, i.e. the Madrid Protocol. Continue reading Subject and conditions of trademark protection →