Services_ / Intellectual property

In order to speak about the services that our law firm provides in the field of intellectual property rights, we will make one small section in defining the concept and objects of intellectual property. We are obliged to make our potential clients aware with the true nature of intellectual property rights and to protect and improve them with our professional advice and / or active participation.

In this sense, when we talk about intellectual property, we should bear in mind that intellectual property is the object (creation of the human spirit and mind) of intellectual property rights protection. The very concept of intellectual property means a special, specific, rights which have authors, inventors and other holders of intellectual property. Intellectual property is not a concrete, material ownership of an object, but a right or a set of powers that the legal system of a country recognized to a holder of intellectual property rights.

The term “intellectual property” is defined in the seventies, when the Convention on Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization has been entered into force. The definition of intellectual property has been given in the article two of the Convention where the term “intellectual property” shall include the set of rights relating to:

  • literary, artistic and scientific works,
  • interpretations of performers, phonograms, videograms, broadcasts,
  • innovations in all fields of human activity,
  • scientific innovations
  • industrial design and models,
  • trade marks, trade and service marks, as well as trade names and commercial signs,
  • protection against unfair competition and any other rights related to intellectual activity in the field of industry, science, literature and art.

Intellectual property rights consist of:

  • copyright and related rights (literary, artistic and scientific works while related rights refer to rights of performers, phonogram right, the right of producers of phonograms, video shows, databases)
  • industrial property rights (patents, useful models, integrated circuit topographies, new plant varieties, know-how, trade marks, names of origin and geographic indications, industrial design, business name and so-called competition right – repressing unfair competition)

Accordingly our services are based on:

  • Representation of domestic and foreign authors, right holders in all fields of creativity
  • Consulting, drafting and representation in concluding License Agreements, Copyright contracts and Sponsorship agreements
  • Representation in the process of registration of a trademark, patents and industrial designs
  • Copyrights
  • The rights of phonogram producers and interpretators
  • Preparation, filing and prosecution of patents, trademark and industrial design applications in the country and abroad
  • Franchising
  • Representation before the competent authorities such as the Intellectual Property Office and the Customs
  • Protection of intellectual property rights before the competent courts and arbitrations