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ITEM’s contribution to INTA’s 2016 Practitioner’s Guide to the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol

27 April, 2016

ITEM’s managing partner Gregor Maček has contributed information on Slovenian jurisdiction to the International Trademark Association’s publication INTA’s 2016 Practitioner’s Guide to the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol. He has been a contributor to the...

The 2016 EU Justice Scoreboard report reveals several improvements of the Slovenian justice system

11 April, 2016

The European Commission published a report called The 2016 EU Justice Scoreboard which provides a comparative review of the effectiveness, quality and independence of justice systems in the EU Member States between 2010 and 2014. The report reveals that the Slovenian...

EU – Reform of the European Union Trademark System: New Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2424

1 April, 2016

The European Union legislature adopted the revised text of the basic legislation, which is governing trademarks across the European Union. The new Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2424, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark, entered into...

Slovenia – Plaintiff’s legal interest in non-use trademark cancellation equals public interest in removing unused trademarks from register

3 March, 2016

A Slovenian company filed with the Court an action for cancellation of trademark AVTO MAGAZIN due to non-use for goods and services in classes 16, 25, 28, 35, 39 and 41. The defendant asserted use of a different sign and argued that the plaintiff lacked legal interest...

Slovenia – Online purchase and mail delivery to private individuals constitutes trademark infringement

1 March, 2016

A private individual Ms. Dragica Poric in a span of several months tried to import wrist watches marked with the trademark ROLEX and Crown Design on at least three occasions. Each package contained a single watch. The watches were purchased online (www.aliexpress.com)...

Our firm ITEM among top 6% of the Slovenian most financially reliable business entities

1 February, 2016

A Slovenian independent credit rating agency has conducted a thorough study of Slovenian business entities focusing on the following criteria: financial situation, liquidity and creditworthiness. The results showed that ITEM is among the elite top 6% of the Slovenian...