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World Intellectual Property Day, April 26, this year is celebrated under the slogan “IP and music: Feel the beat of IP”

World Intellectual Property Day, which is traditionally celebrated on April 26 under the auspices of WIPO, this year is dedicated to music – the universal language of humanity.

Seminar, co-organized by CISAC and SOKOJ, was attended by the Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina Josip Merdžo and Assistant Director Vesna Vuletić Bebek

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 the distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements when the shape is not distinctive in itself.

Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina was presented at the fair through an information stand where visitors could get a complete overview of the activities of this institution and all information on the protection of intellectual property rights through brochures and promotional leaflets, as well as through conversations with the Institute's employees.

Companies and inventors from all over the world filed 199,264 patent applications with the EPO last year, which is on par with 2023 (-0.1%), following three years of significant growth. 

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Employees of the Institute for Intellectual Property of BiH provided the participants with relevant knowledge and presented tools for effective protection and management of intellectual property in business and professional contexts

Seminar will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2025, starting at 10 am at the Innovation Center Banja Luka (Dr. Mladena Stojanovića 4) 

New research shows IPR ownership boosts revenue, wages, and competitiveness, especially for SMEs

Snježana Stanojević, Spomenka Šego and Dragana Marić Mešić have successfully completed the WIPO CEBSMC Patent Examiners Training Program

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.

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

On behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Treaty was signed by Josip Merdžo, Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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.

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.

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

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"

Accession to the EPO is one of prerequisites for Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership in the European Union

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.