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1. How is legal protection of inventions attained in Serbia?
2. How are inventions protected by law?
3. What is the difference between a patent and a petty patent?
4. What kind of protection is secured by a patent/petty patent?
5. Why are the patents needed?
6. What is the role of patents in everyday life?
7. How and where is the application for an invention filed?
8. What fees are charged for filing an application and how are they paid?
9. How is a patent granted?
10. What requirements must an invention meet in order to be protected?
11. How long does the examination procedure last?
12. Does an applicant need to have a patent agent or an attorney in the patent granting procedure?
13. Where can a List of Agents be obtained?
14. Can the Office suggest to an applicant any of its patent agents or attorneys?
15. Does the Office have any control over the retaining fee charged by the patent agent or attorney?
16. For how long is a patent/petty patent granted?
17. Does the patent for an invention have effect in other countries?
18. How can we protect our invention abroad?
19. Can the Office offer any help in advertising, i.e. commercializing of the invention?
20. Is it possible to revoke the decision granting a patent?
21. Does it fall within the competence of the Office to resolve disputes regarding the infringement of rights?
22. Can a copy of the decision granting the right to a patent, that is, a copy of a patent/petty patent certificate and a patent specification be obtained?
23. How can the right be transferred?
24. What is a license?
25. How can I know if I need protection by a patent/petty patent, trademark, industrial design or a copyright?
– A trademark is a right protecting a sign used to differentiate goods or service of a natural or legal person from the same or similar type of goods or service of another natural or legal person. – A design is a right protecting the external appearance of an industrial or trade product or a part thereof. --- The work of authorship is an author’s original intellectual creation, expressed in certain form, regardless of its artistic, scientific or any other value, purpose, size, contents and the ways of display or the permission to communicate its contents in public. In particular, the following are deemed to be the works of authorship: written works (books, brochures, articles etc.); oral presentations (lectures, speeches, sermons, etc.); dramatic works, dramatic-music, choreographic and pantomime works as well as works originating from folklore, works of music (with or without text), films (cinema and television), fine art works (pictures, drawings, sketches, graphics, sculptures, etc.); works of architecture, applied art and industrial design; cartographic works (geographic and topographic maps); plans, sketches, dummies and photographs; computer programmes (in original, object and executive code).
If you need further information about the above mentioned forms of intellectual property protection, you can get them at relevant menus at our web-site.
26. How and where can I check if my invention has already been protected?
27. How can I find the name of a patent owner or an inventor whose invention I am interested in? |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Regulations
Forms and guidelines
Fees
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Statistics
Reports
International protection
Patents of Nikola Tesla
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