15.01.2025.
Employees of the Institute Awarded WIPO Certificates for Substantive Patent Examination
Snježana Stanojević, Spomenka Šego and Dragana Marić Mešić have successfully completed the WIPO CEBSMC Patent Examiners Training Program
15.01.2025.
Applications for the WIPO Global Awards underway
The awards aim to encourage the commercialization of intellectual property by showcasing the winning inventors, creators, and entrepreneurs who use intellectual property to achieve their business goals, generate revenue, create jobs, address local and global challenges, and support community and national development.
31.12.2024.
Notice:
Upgrade of the ISFU system, interruption of the system operation, modification of the code list of organizations; Interruption in the execution of payment transactions and cash withdrawals (special cash registers) through the Single Treasury Account (JRT); Amendment to the Order on Payment Accounts for the Payment of Taxes, Reimbursements and Fines
22.11.2024.
WIPO member states adopt the Design Law Treaty
On behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Treaty was signed by Josip Merdžo, Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
11.11.2024.
Delegation of the Institute participates in the work of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference for the conclusion of design treaty
The future Design Law Treaty (DLT) aims to streamline the global design protection system, making it easier, faster, and more accessible for designers to protect their work in domestic markets as well as abroad.
06.11.2024.
Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina implements CP8
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Institute for Intellectual Property (IIP) of Bosnia and Herzegovina prepared a joint practice paper in relation to use of a trade mark in a form differing from the one registered.
25.10.2024.
Final conference of the project "EU Support to Intellectual Property Rights in BiH" held
The project "EU Support to Intellectual Property Rights in BiH", funded by the European Union with 1.8 million euros, has been successfully completed after three years of dedicated work on strengthening all aspects of intellectual property in Bosnia and Herzegovina
14.10.2024.
New laws harmonized with EU standards for greater legal certainty of intellectual property rights holders
Drafts of new laws were presented at the last in a series of seminars, before the finalization of the project "EU Support to Intellectual Property Rights in BiH"
11.10.2024.
BiH invited to join the European Patent Organization
Accession to the EPO is one of prerequisites for Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership in the European Union
09.10.2024.
Misleading EUIPO invoices: German criminal court finds three defendants guilty of fraud
The EUIPO considers this an important legal precedent, marking the second time that a criminal court of an EU Member State has qualified the sending of misleading payment requests to intellectual property (IP) system users as a criminal offence of fraud.
27.09.2024.
Director Merdžo participated in the panel organized by AMUS "From Inspiration to Innovation: Legal Protection of Creativity in the Digital Era and New Horizons"
Current legal frameworks, challenges, as well as future perspectives for innovation in the digital space were the topic of discussion at the panel.
23.08.2024.
Notice of Professional Exam for Industrial Property Protection Representatives
Professional exam for industrial property protection representatives will be held in Mostar during the month of December 2024
16.08.2024.
Lecture on intellectual property protection held at the Secondary School of Electrical Engineering "Salih – Salko Ćurić" in Mostar
It is the first high school in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is involved in activities aimed at raising awareness of the importance of intellectual property, which are carried out by the Institute in cooperation with educational institutions
18.07.2024.
Management of the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the work of the 65th WIPO General Assemblies
Around 1,400 delegates, including close to 20 ministers, from WIPO member states participated in the work of the General Assemblies, which is the largest number ever,
12.07.2024.
WIPO Global Awards for 2024 presented
Nine SMEs and startups with products ranging from 3D-printed bone implants to waste sorting robots and AI-powered brain injury scanners are this year’s winners of the WIPO Global Awards.
11.07.2024.
Memorandum of understanding between EUIPO and the Institute signed
EUIPO and the Institute will undertake bilateral cooperation activities related to trademarks and designs as well as activities related to IP enforcement, IP education and IP awareness
05.07.2024.
Two-day seminar "Intellectual Property for Business Entities" held in Banja Luka
The seminar was organized by the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the project "EU Support to Intellectual Property Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina"
21.06.2024.
Delegation of the Institute paid a study visit to the State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia
The study visit was realized within the project "EU Support to Intellectual Property Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina"
07.06.2024.
Executive Director of the EUIPO congratulates Institute on the implementation of CP5
"This achievement is another example of your country's efforts to bring national trademark and design systems in line with European standards and practices," reads the EUIPO Executive Director's congratulatory message
24.05.2024.
WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge adopted
On behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the final act was signed by Josip Merdžo, director of the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina