IP Update
Enforcement of and against Intellectual Property Rights
Serbia has a long-standing tradition in the protection of intellectual property rights. The Kingdom of Serbia was even one of the first 11 signatories of the Paris Convention in 1883. Nowadays, the laws on trademarks, patents, and other industrial property rights are harmonised with the ones in the EU. However, in the process of enforcement […]
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Slovenia Update
Changes in the Legislation governing Electricity Supply in Slovenia
Up until quite recently, the field of electricity supply in Slovenia was regulated by the Energy Act (“EZ-1”),[1] which additionally governed several other areas and has, over the years, became vastly extensive and impractical. As a response the legislator decided to take the initiative and on 20 October 2021, the National Assembly of Republic of […]
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Karanovic & Partners Held a Regional Webinar “The Law of k/reativity”
Karanovic & Partners in cooperation with local lawyers organised a regional IP guide webinar for university and high-school students on 17 November 2021. The panel was moderated by Nikola Kliska, Head of IP and Senior Associate, while the speakers included Ljupka Noveska Andonova, Nihad Odobašić and Marija Stojanović, attorneys at law in cooperation with Karanovic & […]
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New Croatian Law on Copyright and Related Rights – a Modernised System of Copyright Protection
The new Croatian Law on Copyright and Related Rights (“Law”) entered into force on 22 October 2021. One of the main reasons for adopting the Law was the implementation of EU Directives 2019/790 and 2019/789 into the local legislation. The new Law modernised the system of copyright protection and related rights concerning digital society needs, […]
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Unicredit Bank and Elicio Ali VE Complete the Refinancing for the Alibunar Wind Farm
UniCredit Bank Serbia and Elicio Ali VE doo, a company wholly owned by Elicio NV, have completed the refinancing transaction of the wind farm “Alibunar” of 42 MW, which supplies slightly less than 30,000 households with electricity, Unicredit Bank announced at the end of October. Our Senior Associate, Mina Sreckovic, advised Elicio Ali VE doo […]
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Personal Income Tax Incentives and Capital Gains Tax Exemptions Proposed
The Government of the Republic of Serbia has recently proposed amendments to the tax laws, including amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax (‘PIT Law’), Law on Mandatory Social Contributions (‘SSC Law’) and the Law on Corporate Income Tax (‘CIT Law’). Several payroll tax incentives are proposed under amendments as well as tax exemption […]
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North Macedonia: Preparations for the Electricity Crisis
While trying to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is running headlong into an energy crisis, and North Macedonia will meet the same fate. The country is facing serious electricity shortages due to the rising growth of prices on the energy exchanges in Europe. This, in turn, disables the companies that trade in […]
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Non-competition Clause After the Termination of the Employment Contract
The Labour Law contains only 2 articles related the non-competition clause. It says: “An employee could be prohibited by the employment contract to perform certain work on his own behalf and for his own account, and also on behalf and for the account of another legal or natural person, without the consent of his employer […]
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Changes to the Legislation Governing Lease of Business Premises in Slovenia
Up until fairly recently, the lease of business buildings and business premises (offices, warehouses, pertaining parking spaces, etc.) in Slovenia was governed by the Business Buildings and Business Premises Act[1] (“Act”). Since the Act was adopted back in 1974, it was not shaped for the modern business environment in which it is both in the […]
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Petar Mitrović to Moderate AmCham Discussion Panel “The price of electricity for the economy: What to expect?”
Our Partner and member of the AmCham Energy Committee, Petar Mitrović, will moderate an online panel discussion on November 3, organised by AmCham Serbia. Some of the discussion topics will be short-term and long-term causes of increasing electricity prices – locally and globally, the trends in electricity prices in the future, and how to prepare […]
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North Macedonia: Investment Support for Technological Industrial Development Zones
The Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia recently presented the Plan for Accelerated Economic Development (“Plan”), intended to boost the economic development in the country and provide recovery of the economy for the period between 2022 and 2026. The Plan envisages private sector investments of up to EUR 8 billion, as […]
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Beware of Hi-Tech Frauds!
Recently, in practice, we have encountered a number of requests of our clients related to the fraud committed by interception and breach of confidentiality of electronic correspondence by unknown and extremely computer literate and tech-savvy criminals. Frauds are usually committed by scammers in a way that they intercept business correspondence and secretly track emails, until […]
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Street Art – SEE Perspective
Spray? Colours? Lots of colours? Street art? Yes, yes and yes. We love it! When you see it, you might like it or not. You may perceive the effort invested by the artist, but you will probably not think about the legal aspects encompassing this topic. We will. The work of art is protected by […]
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Karanovic & Partners Advised BIG Shopping Centers on Israeli Stock Exchange Transaction
BIG Shopping Centers Ltd, the controlling shareholder (approx. 95 pct) of BIG CEE, has successfully raised 205 mln new Israeli shekels (approx. 55 mln euros) by issuing secured bonds on the Israeli stock exchange by refinancing the BIG Fashion Kragujevac, BIG Krusevac and BIG Fashion Outlet Indjija shopping centres in Serbia. BIG Group intends to […]
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Karanovic & Partners Advised ElevenEs on Partnering with EIT InnoEnergy to build Battery Gigafactory in Serbia
ElevenEs and EIT InnoEnergy have announced a strategic partnership to build Europe’s first large LFP battery plant in Subotica. The team led by Marjan Poljak, Senior Partner, and Igor Radovanović, Senior Associate, advised ElevenEs on this cooperation from the beginning. ElevenEs has signed agreements with EIT InnoEnergy, which Pitchbook ranks as the most active sustainable […]
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Karanovic & Partners attend Women’s Leadership Summit 2021
Karanovic & Partners took part at the hybrid event Women’s Leadership Summit, organised by AFA, held on October 20 – 21. At the “Women at Workplace” panel, our Senior Partner Rastko Petaković discussed the importance of male engagement in advancing women at the workplace and achieving gender parity, along with Stefan Salom, Co-Founder and Director […]
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Karanović & Partners Official Partner of Delta Holding “DBI”
For the fourth year in a row, Delta Holding organised the Delta Business Incubator, a company program to support start-ups, and we are proud to say that this year, we were partners of the program, along with several reputable global and regional companies and angel investors. This year, 36 teams applied for the incubation and […]
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Amendments to the Law on Fiscalisation, Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration and Transfer Pricing Rulebook were adopted
The Law on Fiscalization Under amendments fiscal obligors are provided with the transition period for harmonization of their operations with the new Law on Fiscalization. Transition period for commercial entities to start with application of Law on Fiscalisation will start on 1 November 2021 and it will end on 30 April 2022. Additionally, amendments stipulate […]
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Investments: Elimination of two-stage decision making in the field of environmental protection and nature conservation
Adopted organizational changes Based on changes of the Decree on bodies within ministries, the competence to perform administrative tasks in the field of environmental protection and professional and administrative tasks in the field of nature conservation, except for administrative and professional tasks related to responsibility for prevention or remediation of environmental damage, have been transferred […]
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Karanović & Partners Legally Advised Innovation Fund on Start-Up Accelerator – Katapult
The Innovation Fund, with the support of The World Bank, launched Katapult – a start-up accelerator. Our Partner, Ivan Nonković, and Senior Associate Igor Radovanović were legal advisors to the Innovation Fund during the process and will be ongoing legal advisors. Katapult accelerator will be a new support mechanism for all Serbian start-ups. It will […]
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