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Diplomatic Chronicle

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A report by Bogoljub Ilievski has been published in the latest magazine of the EPI

DR. GJORGJI FILIPOV IN DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE TO THE PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIA - Dr. ALEXANDER VAN DER BELLEN

140TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARK ASSOCIATION (INTA) IN SIETL (USA)

PATENT

PATENT * is a set of exclusive rights granted by the state to the patent owner (inventor or holder) for a specified period in exchange for regulated disclosure of certain details of the invention that may be a device, process, method or composition which is new, possessing innovative contribution and usable or industrially applicable.

BERIN LTD. offers services in the field of protection of patents in the following segments:

• Search in the patent bases.
• Composing and editing of patent specifications for inventions in all fields of technology (pharmacy, mechanical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering and others).
• Registration of national patents in all countries in the region.
• International registration of patents: Filing of PCT applications
• Representation before the EPO: Leading procedures for the recognition of European patent before the EPO
• Validation of European patents before all national offices.
• Extension of European patents before the countires/joining members of the EPO.
• Professional translation of patent specifications from and into Macedonian, English, German, Albanian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Romanian,
• reek, Russian and French.
• Edition of patent specifications in accordance with the national legislations of the states, and preparation of responses to oppositions and objections while being xanimated.
• Annuities: Maintenance of patents.
• TCM: Procedures for issuing a supplementary certificate for extension of validity of patents.
• Licenses: Preparation and registration of license agreements for the use of patents.
• Estimates: Value evaluation of Patents and inventions.
• Transfer of rights.

* PATENT The term derives from the Latin word patere which means "to be open" (to be presented to the public) and the term letters patent, which originally marked the posh decree that gives exclusive rights to a certain person or business.

TRADEMARK

TRADEMARK is a right of industrial property, which refers to a distinctive sign used by a person, organization or legal entities for marking on their products and/or services to consumers, and to distinguish their products from those of other entities.

[Conducting administrative proceedings]

• Search in the national and international databases;
• Registration of trademarks in all countries in the region;
• International Registration of Trademarks;
• Monitoring on the market and official publications;
• Advisory services relating to the protection of trademarks;
• Oppositions, filing and responding;
• Provisional refusals, responding and filling proposals;
• Cancellations;
• Procedures to changes in the registers (transmission contracts, change of name and address);
• Licenses: Preparation and registration of license agreements for the use of trademarks.

[Judicial protection and enforcement]

• Litigation;
• Mediation process for resolving disputes;
• Requests for customs measures;
• Inspection insights, insight and measures.

[Other Services]

• Monitoring on the market and official publications;
• Advisory services relating to the protection of trademarks;
• Estimates: value evaluation of trademarks

* A trademark usually is consisted of a name, word, phrase, graphic logo, symbol, device, picture, or a combination thereof. Sign ® is used to denote characters that are registered with the Trademark Law, it is equivalent to the TM symbol used for the territory of North America.

COPYRIGHTS

Copyright is a term that covers the rights relating to creation, use and use of the copyrighted works and specific expressions of ideas/information.
Copyright work is intellectual work of a person or group of persons in the field of literature, science, arts and other areas of work, regardless of the type, manner and form of expression.

BERIN is a copyright agency that offers to the customers the following services:

• [Representing authors and users of copyright works]
• Making of copyright agreements between domestic and foreign  artists;
• Mediation in payment of royalties;
• Advisory services relating to copyright;

[Other Services]

• Registration of Works;
• Advocacy and conducting litigation;
• Forensics, expert and economic.

* © is a sign that is used to denote the copyrights to the name of their holder, as a warning that their use is possible only with the holder’s consent.
© - is an abbreviation derived from the term "copyright" and literally means "right to copy".

LEGAL REPRESENTATION

BERIN through its network of representatives, authorized to represent before all administrative and judicial authorities, provides reliable and professional representation to its customers at all stages of realization and protection of the rights of intellectual property. By continuously monitoring on all legislative changes and practice in cooperation with our customers we provide the optimum outcome of any initiated proceedings.

Representation before administrative bodies covers:

• Representation before the State Office of Industrial Property,
• Representation before the customs authorities in procedures relating to customs measures in the field of industrial property,
• Representation before the State Market Inspectorate,
• Representation before the bodies for protection of competition,
• Mediation: procedures for resolving disputes,
• Representation in Litigation;
• Consultation and advices on specific areas of intellectual property,
• Analysis of laws and regulations concerning the areas relating to the interests of our clients and their transactions,
• Deep technical and legal analysis of the technical solutions and state of patent protection,
• Analysis of amendments to the laws and regulations that are relevant to the users and the authors.

* The representatives of  BERIN have been involved in the hearings before the court of the European Patent Office (EPO), representing and defending patent specifications from different fields and on behalf of important companies from the region and beyond.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN is a right of industrial property, which refers to a specific appearance or shape of a body, picture, drawing, contours, composition of colors, texture or combination of them in a way that meets the requirements of novelty and individual character compared to those ones previously familiar to the public. Industrial design is a right that is intended to give the products that are aimed for a certain visual, aesthetic, ergonomic, practical purpose or quality to distinguish them from the rest of the products on the market.

The BERIN Agency in the area of ​​registration and protection of industrial designs offers the following services:

[Conducting administrative proceedings]

• Search, in the domestic and international databases;
• Registration of Industrial Designs, in all countries of the region;
• International registration of industrial designs;
• Monitoring on the market and the official publications;
• Advisory services relating to the protection of industrial design;
• Oppositions - filing and answering;
• Provisional refusals - proposals and responds;
• Cancellations;
• Procedures for changes in the registers: assignment agreements, change of name and address of holders);
• Licenses: Preparation and registration of license agreements for use of trademarks.

[Judicial protection and enforcement]

• Litigations;
• Mediation: processes for resolving disputes;
• Requests for customs measures;
• Inspection insight: insight and measures;

[Other Services]

• Monitoring on the market and official publications;
• Advisory services relating to the protection of trademarks;
• Estimates: value evaluation of trademarks

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Terms of use

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