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During the weekend 09.11.2024, in the sports hall of DSU "Kole Nedelkovski" in Veles, the 45th edition of MAKINOVA and the 22nd edition of ECONOVA were held
From October 8 to 1, the Life Sciences Strategy Summit on IP & Exclusivity was held in Munich, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Gjorgi Filipov spoke at the workshop under the title: "Export management: mandatory rules and legal aspects during export", on the topic: Familiarity with intellectual property".
The representative of "Berin" - Ivona Sekulovska, MA (trademark attorney) attended the Annual Conference of the International Trademark Association (INTA) 2024 in Atlanta, USA.
At the spring’s 97th regular meeting of the European Patent Institute (EPI), which was held on April 27, 2024 in Sofia, current topics were discussed, which affect this professional association of representatives before the European Patent Office.
On 21.02.24, a meeting of the members of the IP Commercialization Committee (IPCC), a body of the European Patent Institute (epi), was held in Munich. The committee consists of ten members, experts in the field. The committee was chaired by Hans Blöche, and Prof. Dr. Gjorgi Filipov.
The validation agreement between the European Patent Organisation and Georgia enters into force today. As a result, inventors and businesses are now able to validate their European patent applications and patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) in Georgia on the basis of the country’s national law.
On December 7, in Skopje, a ceremony was held on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the State Industrial Property Office, which began work on December 1, 1993.
ON 02.10.2023 THE STATE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF NORTH MACEDONIA STARTED RECEIVING ONLINE PATENT FILLINGS
Our colleague Ivona Sekulovska, IP Attorney, was attending the 41st annual ECTA Conference this year in the famous city of Prague.
June 1st 2023, The registration of the Unitary Patent and the work of Unified Patent Court started. The new system for patent protection in the European Union, which allows patent holders to obtain protection at the European Union (EU) level through a single application, has come into effect.
The 94th Council of the European Patent Institute (EPI) - an association of European patent attorneys from 39 countries, in which about 14,000 representatives are members, including 18 from North Macedonia (MK), which was held in Malmö, Sweden, on 2 and On May 3, 2023, the composition of the Council was established, and a new presidency was elected.
The world's five largest IP offices (IP5) have published the IP5 Statistics Report 2021 on the IP5 website.
The 93rd meeting of the Council of the European Patent Institute (epi) was held on 21 and 22 October 2022. Thecouncil meeting was held as a physical meeting in Fuengirola nearby Malaga (Spain).
Montenegro became the 39th state to join the European Patent Organisation.
The regular autumn meeting of ANIPA (Association of National Institute of Patent Attorneys) was held in Istanbul on September 17th.
From 15-th to 18-th of June in Copenhagen Denmark 40-th annual ECTA conference was held
The 92nd meeting of the Council of the European Patent Institute (EPI) was held on 6 and 7 May 2022.
On 16.12.21 was held a panel discussion entitled "Intellectual Property Rights (IP) in boosting to trade and investments" within the Conference "CEFTA Week 2021 - 15 years of trade", which took place in Skopje, MK ​from 13-16 December 2021.
BERIN Agency actively participated in the debate on the proposed first version of the "National Intellectual Property Strategy (2022-2026) of MK"
The 11th Convention and Intellectual Property Fair (IF) which took place from 21-24 November 2021 in Munich (Germany) was attended by the Berin Agency with two representatives
From November 8-10, 2021 The 42nd edition of MAKINOVA was held, the International Exhibition of Inventions, Innovations, New Technologies and Products, Technical Advances, Industrial Design, Trademarks, Youth Research and Creativity, as well as the 19th edition of ECONOVA, International Exhibition of Innovations, inventions and ideas aimed at promoting environmental innovation.
EPI C91 Council meeting took place on 13 November 2021 by videoconference. A total of 188 participants attended the meeting, including three representatives from MK: B.Sc. eng. Bogoljub Ilievski in the capacity of Vice President of the Institute and prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov (the two permanent members of the Council) and M.Sc. eng. Marija Kjoseska, as a substitute member of the Council.
On 8 November 2021, EPO President António Campinos met online with Mr Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The organisations renewed their commitment to further improving the international patent system's support for innovation and signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral co-operation.
Two representatives of the Intellectual Property Agency "Berin", prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov and Ivona Sekulovska, MA, participated in the 39th Аnnual Цonference of the European Community Trademark Association (ECTA) held in Vienna (Austria) from 21-22 October 2021.
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirms cancellation of the shape mark for Nespresso capsules. It was absolutely impossible to register a technically necessary shape, even if it had become established as a trade mark in the market.
The world-renowned publisher of intellectual property literature Walters Kluver from the Netherlands has published the second edition of the work "European SPCs Unravelled – A Practitioner’s Guide to SPC in Europe", edited by European patent attorneys Oswin Ridderbusch & Dr. Alexa von Uexkuell from Germany. 46 authors from 36 countries have been represented in thесе work prepared for two years, among them three experts from Berin IP Agency (Vancho Damjanski, Irena Petkoska and Gjorgji Filipov). The book was published in August 2021, on 1028 pages, 34 chapters and five annexes with a table of court cases. North Macedonia is in chapter 25 from page 647 to page 661.
On May 25, 2021, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the Interim Measures for the Processing of Related Examination Businesses Regarding the Implementation of the Revised Patent Law. As the amended patent law has come into effect on June 1, 2021 and the implementation rules are still being revised, CNIPA issued these Interim Measures that have been effective since June 1, 2021. The Interim Measures cover design patent term, partial design examination, patent term adjustment, patent term extension, and other areas. The Interim Measures do not cover patent linkage.
The 90th meeting of the Council of the European Patent Institute (EPI) took place on 8 May 2021 by video conference, which was attended by a total of 160 members, including three representatives from MK: prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, B.Sc. eng. Bogoljub Ilievski (as permanent members and Marija Kjoseska, M.Sc., as a substitute member of the Council). During the meeting, the members of the Council elected a new Secretary General, Ms. Olga SIRAKOVA (BG), in place of Mr. Cornelis Mulder (NL), resigned in January 2021.
Industrial property means the ownership of patent rights, trademarks, industrial designs and geographical names. For similar reasons, to guarantee copyrights in different countries in 1886. The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works was concluded. These include works in the field of literature, science, works of painters, performers, phonograms, shows ... Works that belong to industrial property and copyright and related works are collectively called intellectual property.
From June 1, 2021 the Eurasian Patent Office will accept Eurasian design applications
A new trademark law entered into force in Serbia on February 1, 2020 introducing important changes that further harmonize the country’s trademark legislation with the corresponding European Union law. Here are the most important changes:
Daren Tang, a national of Singapore, officially assumed his functions as Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization on October 1, 2020, starting a six-year mandate at the helm of the Organization.
At the 88th Assembly of the Council of the European Patent Institute, held on June 29, 2020 (online), a new leadership of the Institute was elected
You have a great invention that no one has thought of before?! What next? It can be found at new published section of EPO's website -"Inventors handbook"
Season's greetings from BERIN IP Agency!!!
From December 5-8, 2019, the BERIN representative attended the two perhaps most important youth festivals
At the EPI 87 Council, approximately 150 of the 12,500 European patent agents participated, including Maria Joseska Ilievska and Bogoljub Ilievski of the BERIN Agency, as two of the four representatives from Macedonia
Representatives of the Berin Agency attended a regional seminar: "Patent Information and Databases" held in Skopje.
The awards from the Berin Agency went to Orhan Bagasov from Tetovo with the innovation "Bionic Hand" and Milanco Poposki from Prilep, with the innovation "Bicycle Safety Vest".
The EPO Advisory Body presented the opinions of the expert group regarding the quality of the European patent recognition procedure before the EPO.
From 8th to 12th, October 2019, in Vienna, largest annual conference of FICPI (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle) International Federation of Intellectual Property Agents was held.
Macedonian Inventions Presented by Berlin Agency at "TAIWAN INNOTECH EXPO 2019", won prizes in competition of more than 600 exhibitors and 1500 inventions
China is promoting rigorous intellectual property protection systems to build a better environment for innovation and business.
A two-day seminar and ceremony marked the jubilee of the largest intellectual property protection agency in the Russian Federation
Alibaba Group received a patent for artificial intelligence in record time, in three months
USPTO announces new trademark rule requiring foreign-domiciled applicants and registrants to have a U.S.-licensed attorney
The European Inventors Awards once again this year shed light on the most innovative minds in Europe and the world.
The move means new Huawei smartphones won't be able to access many popular apps. The embattled Chinese company is under immense US pressure over its alleged government ties.
The EPI Council, 86th in a row, was held on May 10 and 11, 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria. About 200 representatives from a total of 12,000 European Patent Attorneys participated...
Within the framework of the educational program of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Patent Academy, the publication presents the conditions for forced licensing in all legislation that are part of the European Patent Organization.
Dipl. Eng. Vanco Damjanski, European and Macedonian patent attorney, executive director of the Agency for Intellectual Property "Berin" and dipl. eng. Bogoljub Ilievski, Director of the Patent Department, participated at the European Conference and at the Industrial Property Fair "IP SERVICE WORLD 2018"
Ms. Maria Kjoseska, MSc, European patent attorney, Ambassador Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, European patent attorney and Liljana Filipova, dipl. Eng,, European patent attorney participated in the work of the 85th Council of European Patent Attorneys, which was held in Helsinki from 9-11. November 2018.
Evgenia Divitarova from SOTU "Gorgi Naumov" from Bitola for the invention "CNC Laser Engraving Machine" (MAKINOVA) and Nada Bakalovska from OSO "Aco Ruskovski" from Berovo for the invention "Cream against burned skin" (ECONOVA) are winners of the traditional money -awards with diplomas (Gold Medals for Youth Creativity), awarded by the Agency for Intellectual Property "Berin".
At one of the largest exhibition of inventions and new technologies in the region of the far east Asia ”Taiwan INNOCECH Expo”, held in Taipei from 27th to 29th of September, IP Agency Berin had successfully presented part of the inventions of our client inventors.
Within the activities of the Diplomatic Club Skopje on the occasion of 25 years since the membership of the Republic of Macedonia in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov has written a paper on this topic.
On invitation by the "Europa Institute" from "University of Saarland" in Saarbrücken, Germany, prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov held a lecture on "Patents" on July 18, 2018. The lecture was part of the Summer School "European Competition Law & Protection of Intellectual Property Rights" (8-21 July 2018), organized for postgraduates and PhD students from the countries of Southeastern Europe and Germany.
The report of Bogoljub Ilievski (IP Attorney in BERIN Ltd.) about the annual meeting in the European Patent Office - Quality Platform (EPI - EPO) has bee published in the last edition quarterly magazine of the European Patent Institute.
On June 11, 2018 in Vienna, the President of the Republic of Austria, Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen received a delegation of the "European Academy of Sciences and Arts", led by the President of the Academy, prof. Dr. Felix Unger. The ambassador, prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, Chairman of the Board of the Agency for Intellectual Property "Berin" - Skopje and Director of "Berin International" - Vienna was one of the members of the delegation.
The International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting2018 was held for the 140th time from May 18-25 in Seattle (USA), the city of Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, Amazon, Jimi Hendriks, Nirvana and many other glorious companies and individuals who have contributed or marked the development of world industry and culture.
Bogoljub Ilievski, MRIP and EPA, Head of Patent Department at BERIN IP Agency, participated in the Annual Meeting called “Partnership for Quality” at the European Patent Office in Munich, as a member of the European Patent Institute (epi) . He is also responsible person for enforcing the Quality Management System of ISO standard 9001:2008 implemented at the BERIN LTD nine years ago . His experience helped to EPI side, to fruitful exchange of experiences between the responsible directors from the European Patent Organization concerning the implementation of ISO 9001:2008.
On the occasion of the International Intellectual Property Day - April 26, the State Office of the Republic of Macedonia, orginized an event and hosted the traditional award of the PATENT OF YEAR in the Thessaloniki Hotel in Skopje. This year the PATENT OF YEAR award was awarded to the author Victor Nastev for the invention "Device with electric or pneumatic movement of a folding mechanism for initiating speed reduction of vehicles", whose application was filed in July 2017 by the representative BERIN.
The Delegation of the Intellectual Property Agency "BERIN in the composition of MA Mariјa Koseska and B.Sc. Eng. Bogoljub Ilievski participated in the work of the 84th Council of the European Patent Institute (epi) that took place in Valeta (MALTA) from 13-14 April 2018. The IP Agency BERIN has its representatives in four epi Committees: Committee for Professional Enforcement (MA Maria Kjoseska), Committee for European Patent Practice (Bogoljub Ilievski), Committee for Disciplinary Procedure (Vanco Damjanski) and EPO finances committee (prof. d-r Gjorgji Filipov).
WIPO has issued the latest complete data on intellectual property activity around the world.
Dipl. Eng. Bogoljub Ilievski, Macedonian and European patent attorney (MZIS & EPA), Head of Department for Patent at the Agency for Intellectual Property BERIN, on behalf of the European Patent Institute (EPI), at the meeting in Munich on 25th January, was elected as e chair of quality subcommittee and consequently will act as a one of the four vice chairs of European Patent Practice Committee within European Patent Institute (EPI) for the period between 2018 – 2021.
Marija Koseska, MA, IP attorney at the Intellectual Property Agency BERIN, for the latest issue of the magazine IN Store writes about Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet.
This is an increase of 10.4% over the previous year, according to a new report. The IP5 Statistics Report, published jointly by the EPO, the Japan Patent Office, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, collectively known as the IP5 offices, presents official patent statistics from each office.
The delegation of the Agency for Intellectual Property "Berin" in composition of: prof. Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, MA Maria Koseska and B.Sc. Eng. Liljana Filipova (Associate Member) participated in the work of the 83rd Council of the European Patent Institute (EPI) that took place in Warsaw (Poland) on November 17-19th, 2017.
The Intellectual Property Agency BERIN awarded two young inventors - participants at the 38th International Fair of Innovation - Makinova 2017, held at the Boris Trajkovski Sports Hall - Skopje from 25-29 October 2017 and on which were presented inventions and papers presented from about 50 inventions in two ctegories - Makinova and Ekonova.
On the 153rd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, held in Munich on 10 October 2017 under the chairmanship of Mr Christoph ERNST (DE), elected Mr António CAMPINOS to succeed Mr Benoît BATTISTELLI as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Mr CAMPINOS' 5-year term will start on 1 July 2018.
The Chairman of the Board of the Agency for Intellectual Property "Berin", prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, participated in the work of the 8th Conference of the Danube Academy of Sciences and Arts, which was held on 21-22 September 2017 in Belgrade (Serbia), organized by the Serbian and European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Marija Koseska, MA, IP attorney at the Intellectual Property Agency BERIN, for the latest issue of the magazine IN Store, advices for Developing Intellectual Property Strategy in the IN Store magazine.
The book "BERIN IZVOR" written by Mr. Boris Dorzhev was promoted at the National Library of Pirot (Republic of Serbia) оn July 5th, 2017. The book presents a monograph for the village of Berin, near the town of Pirot, which marks its 200th anniversary this year. The publication of the book is sponsored by the Association for Intellectual Property BERIN Ltd. Skopje.
Marija Kjoseska MA, IP Attorney from the Intellectual Property Agency BERIN LTD Skopje, held two lectures within the International Fair of Contemporary Art Paratisima Skopje 2017 in the Youth Cultural Center (MCC) on June 17, 2017.
The 139th Annual Meeting of the International trademark association INTA 2017 took place In Barcelona (Spain), from 20-24th May 2017 and was attended by almost 11.000 participans (patents and trademarks attorneys) worldwide. The Agency for Intellectual Property BERIN participated on the meeting with four members and one associate: Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, founder, Dipl. Eng. Liliana Filipova, co-founder, Dipl. Eng. Vanco Damjanski, CEO and Marija Koseska LLM & Dipl. Eng., head of Trademarks department. The organization included also Maja Damjanski, Dipl. Psychologist, counselor for publishing and communications from Skopje and Mr. Ivan Ivanov, associate, from Sofia. BERIN performed Seminar-Workshop for the partners from China and other countries of Far East on 22th May 2017.
BERIN’s patent attorney Bogoljub Ilievski attended the 84th meeting of the Standing Committee for technical and operational activities in the European Patent Organization (EPO) that was held on May 10th, 2017, in Munich (Germany). This Committee has more than 100 members (two members from each member states of the EPO as well as associate members countries of this organisation). The European Patent Office was represented by 26 member delegations headed by three vice-presidents: Dr. Raimund Lutz, MA Gila Minos and Mr. Alberto Casado. The composition of this committee is complemented by a representative of Intellectual Property Office of the EU (EUIPO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and European Patent Institute (EPI).
From 23 to 25 April 2017 in Munich (Germany) was held the 82nd General Assembly of the Council of the European Patent Institute, an organization of European patent agents, which has 11,500 members from 38 European countries. The Assembly was attended by 136 delegates, among them four from Macedonia. During this Assemble was elected the new president, Francis Leidern from Belgium, whose vice presidents will be Dr. Barbara Kunic, Slovenia and Dr Haik Fogelsang, Germany. New General Secretay is Roazh Pereira from Portugal.
On March 17th, 2017 in Zagreb was held an introductory event within the regular preparations for the upcoming Аnnual Conference of the International Association of Trademark Owners ( INTA) attended by the BERIN's representative, Mr. Vancho Damjanski.
The founders of BERIN Intellectual Property Agency, Lilyana Filipova and prof. Dr. Georgi Filipov, Ambassador, Macedonian and European patent agents during their visit to Austria attended two events in Salzburg: "Symposium on nanotechnology" held on March 3rd 2017 and on "The Official Meeting of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts" on March 4th 2017.
In times of great uncertainty of the the economy worldwide, the global knowledge economy has been increased. Namely, in February 2017 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published the 3 millionth patent application under its Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
Tesla Company has recently changed the logo of its Model 3 vehicles from three slick lines to the numeral 3. The company claimed to have this change as purely stylistic. However, the recent court documents proves that Adidas has infueced on this change.
The first meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO) Working Party on Quality took place at the Office in Munich (Germany) on January 17th, 2017. This new SACEPO sub-committee was created by a decision of the President to provide another channel to gather feedback on quality at the EPO based on the experiences of major user groups. It forms a part of the EPO's wider strategy to continuously improve its services, and the ways in which users and the Office communicate with each other. Mr. Bogoljub Ilievski, Macedonian and European patent attorney (MZIS & ERA), Head of the Department for Patent at the Agecy for Intellectual Property BERIN has been elected as e representative of the European Patent Institute in SACEPO for the period of 2017-2020.
According to the statistics of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the past 2016 was marked by a rapid growth of patents granted in previous years. The total number of patents granted in 2016 was 334,673 which is an increase of 7,793 or 2.4% over 2015.
2016 marked the 125th anniversary of the Madrid System’s founding treaty, the Madrid Agreement for International registration of trademarks and it is still evolving: projected to reach 1,5 million registrations by 2019.
The team of BERIN wish you a happy, successful and creative 2017 with warm wishes for health, happiness and success at any field!
Workshop on "Legal protection of translators / interpreters in the enforcement procedure" by a panel of expert guests lawyer Alexandra Gavrilovska, Vanco Damjanski and Marinela Majnova .
Dipl. Eng. Bogoljub Ilievski, Macedonian and European patent attorney, head of Department for Patent in BERIN intellectual property Agency has been elected as a delegate of the European Patent Institute (EPI) in the permanent advisory body for quality at the European Patent Office. It is a body of the European Patent Organization whose primary focus is the quality of the patent process.
At the meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council, the UK minister for Intellectual Property has announced that the UK government is proceeding with preparations to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement. The court will make it easier for British businesses to protect their ideas and inventions from being illegally copied by companies in other countries.
The representatives from BERIN LTD, Maria Koseska, Vancho Damjanski and Bogoljub Ilievski, as regular members of the congregation of the European Patent Institute (EPI) and as representatives of the Macedonian delegation attended the 81st Assembly of the European Patent Institute (EPI) that was held in Berlin (Germany) on November 12 , 2016.
Dipl. Eng. Bogoljub Ilievski, Macedonian and European patent attorney (MZIS & ERA), Head of the Department for Patent at the Agency for Intellectual Property BERIN, on behalf of the European Patent Institute (EPI), has participated in the work of the Standindg Committiee on Technical and Operational activities at the EPO, which took place at the European Patent Office in Hague on November 3th, 2016.
The last edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) will enter into force on the 1st of January 2017
The last edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) will enter into force on the 1st of January 2017
The founder of IP Agency BERIN Ltd, Prof. D-r Gjorgji Filipov, had a speech on "digitalization and copyright" on 26.10.2016 within the Monthlty linguistic meetings "COLLOQUIA LINGUISTICA" organized by the Research Center for Areal Linguistics "Bozidar Vidoeski" in the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU).
The book "REASONABLE FORCES" whose writer is PhD. Gjorgji Filipov was presented at the Association of the Writers in Serbia - Belgrade during the week of the book fair in Belgrade on October 25th, 2016.
22.10.2016, , For 22nd time Berin has awarded most sucessful young inventor from the exsibition MAKINOVA. This year the prize was given to the young inventor Philip RUMENOVSKI for the invention "laser alarm system."
The new book written by the Ambassador Georgi Filipov "RADIUS OF THE HEART" was presented on 18 October 2016 in Cinema Culture - Skopje, at 7.30 pm.
The book "The radius of the heart", by prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, is new deed of the author that complete a trilogy of books which are including his posts on Facebook.
New changes were brought to the laws on trademarks and industrial designs, in order to bring Montenegro’s IP legal framework in line with the European Union’s legislation and relevant treaties.
- WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE IMAGES OF THE WINNERS OF MEDALS?
As practitioners in the area of intellectual property rights (patents, industrial designs, trademarks and copyright), on the occasion of the release of the UK from the European Union to we would like to inform you that this act could affect the status of your rights.
Dipl. Eng. Bogoljub Ilievski, Macedonian and European patent attorney (MZIS & EPA), Head of Department for Patent at the Agency for Intellectual Property BERIN, on behalf of the European Patent Institute (EPI), has expounded on "Management systems for quality certification and expectations of the users”.
On 23-rd o April 2016, regular member Mariја Kјoseskа, Vanco Damjanski and Bogoljub Ilievski from BERIN attended the 80th council meeting of the European patent institute (epi) as part of Macedonian delegation.
Bogoljub Ilievski, Head of patent department at BERIN LTD, participated in the yearly meeting called “Partnership for Quality” at the European Patent Office in Munich, as a member of the European Patent Institute (epi)
Prof. Dr. Georgi Filipov, EPA and MIPR and Dipl. Eng. Bogoljub Ilievski EPA and MIPR participated in the work of the Round Table for Development of National Strategy for Industrial Property of the Republic of Macedonia
Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov and Dipl. Eng. Vancho Damjanski, executive director of the Agency for Intellectual Property Berin, participated in the event "Anti-corruption strategies in the economy", prepared by the German - Macedonian Business and Austrian-Macedonian business association as well as The Netherlands and American Chamber of Commerce in Macedonia.
The founder of the Intellectual Property Agency Berin, prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov visited the Institute for Macedonian Language "Krste Misirkov" as well as the Institute of Macedonian Literature.
Starting from March 23, 2016 a new practice will be introduced in connection with Community trademarks
Text in the professional journal "Pharmaceutical Newsletter" with the title "Competition between originators and generics in terms of protection of industrial property," which analyzes the continuing battle in the pharmaceutical industry from the perspective of Intellectual Property
In the December edition of "In Store" magazine, the text "STOP for imitations and counterfeits" of our colleague Snezana Markovska, a lawyer in the department for trademarks and industrial design at Berin IP Agency was published.
In the October edition of the magazine "In Store", professional text titled "Small inventions, great opportunities" of our colleague Dipl.Mash.Inzh. Bogoljub Ilievski, Head of the department for patents BERIN doo Skopje was published.
European or international patent applications filed on or after November 1, 2015, may now be validated with effect for the Republic of Moldova against a payment of a validation fee.
17.10.2015 By awarding the best projects presented at the fair of innovations finished MAKONOVA. BERIN traditionally awarded the most successful young participant.
Today, Italy has joined the unitary patent and become the 26th member of the enhanced cooperation on unitary patent protection.
The Parliament of Republic of Macedonia has approved the new Law on customs measures for the implementation of protection of intellectual property rights, which came into force on 05.06.2015. Elaboration of major changes of the procedure in the following text of Snezana Markovska....
As of 27 July 2015, the State Office of Industrial Property of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) (SOIP) has made its trade mark data available to the TMview search tool.
Marija Kjoseska, from BERIN LTD will participate in the yearly meeting of “Professional Conduct Committee” within European Patent Institute (epi) that will be held in Munich on June 8, 2015.
In a recent judgment, the First Instance Court of Athens held that the trade dress below for a painkiller medicine “SALOSPIR” does not violate rights in and to the “ASPIRIN” family of marks and trade dress.
The Parliament of Republic of Macedonia has approves the new Law on customs measures for the implementation of protection of intellectual property rights, which will come into force on 05.06.2015.
Mr. Vanco Damjanski, CEO at Berin Ltd; Ms. Marija Kjoseska, European Patent Attorney at Berin Ltd and Mr. Bogoljub Ilievski, Head of patent department at Berin Ltd have been elected as the full members in the Council of the European Patent Institute (EPI) for the period between 2014-2017.
Within the ceremony for declaring of the new members of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences Professor. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov was represented among its regular members in Salzburg on 8th of March, 2014.
One year ahead of schedule, the service now offers 32 languages, covering all EPO member states plus the major Asian languages
On November 25 - 26 November 2013, Munich hosted the 4th consecutive IP Service World Conference. The event was attended by more than 350 participants and 40 exhibitors in which variety of services in the field of Industrial Property were exhibited.
Under the motto “ Rethinking – The Power of Intellectual Property” the forum have gave to the participants good opportunity to discuss and exchange their experiences about the management of the IP rights in post crisis period
18.10.2013 Munich, Germany 40th Anniversary of EPC (European Patent Convention) was celebrated with several events with the presence of many important guests and officials
During the manifestation “Skopje design week” Ms. Marija Kjoseska, from the Agency for Intellectual Property BERIN held the presentation “Shedding some light on designs”.
Spindelegger: "New EU patent will trigger innovation boost for EU"
Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov has been elected as a full member of the Academy, in the Class V (social sciences, law and economics).
Within the International Exhibition "Innovation of women inventors' held on 1 - 4 of May in Seoul, South Korea, Zaklina Stamboliska which is also our client, won two gold medals for 2 his invention.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Vienna, Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov met the President of the Board of Directors of the company Nestle AG, Dr. Peter Brabeck - Letmathe.
CEO of the company, Mr. Vanco Damjanski, is representing BERIN on this year International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting taking place in Dallas, Texas, USA.
During the 135th INTA Annual Meeting in Dallas, USA, executive director of Berin ltd. Vancho Damjanski have meet Mr. Jean-Pierre Maeder Assistant Vice President as well as Group Head of Brand IP of Nestle.

26.03.2013

International filings for patents, trademarks and industrial designs under WIPO-administered intellectual property (IP) systems saw continued strong growth in 2012.
13 March 2013, The EPO's Economic and Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB) has issued a statement with recommendations for improving the patent system, based on the main findings of its 2012 activities. Along with this statement, the ESAB has also published the reports of three workshops it conducted in 2012, namely on patent quality, the role of fees, and patent thickets.
On the 6th and 7th March, within the regular procedure for recertification of implemented quality management system ISO 9001: 2008, audit was conducted by certification body TUV Rheinland.
Meeting in Salzburg between friends, the Chairman of the Board of Berin IP, Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov and Prof. Dr. Dres.. hc Joseph Straus
The 19th Ceremony of Patent Awards traditionally were organised by the State Institute of the Republic of Macedonia at the hotel Stone Bridge on 24th of December, 2012.
Within the three-day conference on Mobile Applications Mobile App Camp held from 30.11 to 02.12 in MBC conference room Skopje Fair, organized by the Yes Incubator, with the participation of over 120 participants, ( more than 70 foreign) and 20 international mentors in this area, Intellectual Property Agency BERIN doo took an active part.
26 to 27 November, more than 300 participants, 38 sponsors and exhibitors attended the 3rd consecutive IP Service World Conference held in Munich, the heart of industrial property in Europe.

23.11.2012