Belgrade, September 6 and 7, 2011

Stucture

IPR Defence Department� Grant, registration, renewal, revocation, cancellation

of application of action

� Right to control the traffic of export-import and transit

� Initiate criminal procedures against counterfeit goods and their holder

� Contact with other authorities, especially in EU.

Co-operationNational Board Against Counterfeiting (NBAC)

A common platform of governmental and

non-governmental organizations

� Promote effective cooperation between public bodies andsocial and economic interest organizations

� Members: - competent ministries and the law enforcementagencies

- professional and business organizations

Border enforcement� Procedure: free of charge

� Identification: intranet database, training

� Simplified procedure, initiate civil or criminal procedures

� Costs of transportation, storage and destruction: right holder

� Environmentally friendly destruction

� Right to control the goods in transit

Market surveillance

� False products: poor quality, safety problems

� Security level

Evaluation of motivations

2011

� The number of people who buy counterfeit products has decreased

� Proportion of buyers of any kinds of counterfeit products has decreased

� Economic crisis pressed consumers to purchase fake products

Obstacles� Lack of effective methods against Internet Piracy –

technical obstacle

� IT knowledge is required in such cases

� There are difficulties in determining the value of products infringing IP rights

� Delay of the courts

� Uninterested right holders

� Lack of effective information sharing with other authorizations (in EU)

Thank you for your kind attention !