Our Team

Gregor Maček
Managing Partner
Lawyer, Patent and Trademark Attorney

E-mail
gregor.macek@item.si
 

Practice and professional experience
Gregor holds a degree in electrical engineering and law, both of the University of Ljubljana. He joined ITEM in 1997 and in 2000 became a managing partner. He has a wide range of experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters especially in the fields of trademarks, domain names, patents and industrial designs. Gregor has been actively involved in preparing amendments to the Industrial Property Act in 2001 and 2006. Gregor has written several articles and lectured on new Slovenian legislation and case law.
 

Qualifications
B. Sc. Electronics, University of Ljubljana
Lawyer, University of Ljubljana
State Law Exam (Bar Exam)
Slovenian Patent and Trademark Attorney
European Patent Attorney
OHIM Patent and Trademark Attorney
 

Memberships

Board for Patent and Trademark Attorney Qualification Examinations at the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, member
European Patent Institute (EPI), Council member, Board member
Association of Slovenian Patent Attorneys, member
AIPPI, member
Mediation Council at the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, president
INTA, member
ECTA, member

Publications
Average consumer held to be increasingly attentive when buying food products, WTR, 2011 [PDF]

Olympic Committee trips on UNION OLIMPIJA hurdle, WTR, 2009 [PDF]

Registration of sound mark refused based on earlier word mark, WTR, 2009 [PDF]

‘.si’ domain name registration rules relaxed, WTR, 2008 [PDF]

Stricter standard of similarity applies to identical goods, says court, WTR, 2008 [PDF]

SIPO’s request for review rejected by Supreme Court, WTR, 2008 [PDF]

No likelihood of confusion between TS SLOVENIA and TIS Slovenia, WTR, 2007 [PDF]

Slovenian Intellectual Property Office registers first sound mark, WTR, 2007 [PDF]

MERCATOR opposition refused for the second time, WTR, 2007

‘Two Bulls’ design not confusingly similar to RED BULL marks, WTR, 2007 [PDF]

Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights through Border Measures (Slovenian section), Oxford University Press, 2006

SCARPA not necessarily descriptive, WTR, 2006 [PDF]

Shape of a bottle registered, WTR, 2006 [PDF]

Amendments to Industrial Property Act in force, WTR, 2006 [PDF]

Company name blocks trademark registration for the first time, WTR, 2006 [PDF]

Date of application for extended Community trademarks clarified, WTR, 2005 [PDF]

SIPO not sold on MERCATOR opposition, WTR, 2004 [PDF]

G-Star loses fight for ELWOOD mark, WTR, 2003 [PDF]

Uveljavitev CTM znamke v Sloveniji (Introduction of Community Trademark in Slovenia), EVRO Pravna Praksa, 2003

Novi zakon o industrijski lastnini (New Intellectual Property Act), Pravna Praksa, 2001

Imate original? (Do you have an original?), PROPRO magazine,  2000


Lectures
The extension system of European Patents to Slovenia; lecture delivered to representatives from the countries that were to join the European Patent system, held at the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office in 2000

Spremembe na področju znamk ob vstopu Slovenije v EU (Changes in the field of trademarks due to accession of Slovenia to EU), Upravnopravna sodniška šola (The school of administrative law for judges), held on September 30, 2003

Blagovne znamke kot pravni monopol (Trademarks as a legal monopoly), Formitas & Gea Colleague (Business courses), held in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Intelektualna lastnina – praktični vidiki (Intellectual Property - Practical Aspects), Akademija za inovativnost (Academy for Innovation), held on May 13, 2004

Intelektualna lastnina, Patent, Varstvo pravic intelektualne lastnine, Trženje pravic intelektualne lastnine (Intellectual Property, Patent, Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Marketing of Intellectual Property Rights), a series of lectures delivered within the EU project "Boost-it" to industry in "Primorski technology park" on October 13, 2006
 

Languages
Slovenian, English, Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian
 

Personal Interests
Horseback riding, Cycling