Further to the 2023 merger between CWB Group, PETOŠEVIĆ and Hahn & Hahn, CWB's large practice advises on the gamut of IP services, including trade marks, copyright, patents and designs, along with tech, media, entertainment and anti-counterfeiting. Overseeing the operations of the firm’s offices in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, Mihajlo Zatezalo ‘has outstanding strength’; Mirjana Živković is experienced in the prosecution and enforcement of IP rights; and Predrag Anokić advises on maintenance and enforcement issues. Ana Stojanović, Branislav Krnetić and Sara Bakić are other experienced practitioners.

Mikijelj Jankovic & Bogdanovic's IP practice has ‘unprecedented knowledge and experience’. The firm houses specialists in trade marks, copyright, patents, domain names. designs, geographical indications and plant varieties; and manages IP portfolios for clients from the pharmaceutical, oil, fashion, food and automotive sectors. IP litigator Dejan Bogdanović specialises in trade marks and patents; Mara Janković is ‘a trade mark and domain name expert with years of litigation experience’. Other key figures are copyright specialist Katarina Radovic ; media, advertising and data protection practitioner Vladimir Djeric; and Lena Petrović and Nevena Marinkovic.

With experience in the protection and enforcement of international corporations’ brands, Živko Mijatovic & Partners' longstanding IP expertise encompasses patent strategy and IP litigation, as well as copyright, design, trade marks, trade secrets and unfair competition law. The firm’s principal figures are Vladimir Marenovic, who ‘treats clients IP matters with the utmost care, efficiency and professionalism’; and experienced litigator Marija Markicevic Pijevic, an expert in both patent and trade mark law. The team also features Mina Jovanovic Ninkovic, whose workload covers litigation proceedings, and trade mark, copyright and industrial design disputes.

BOPA Bojanovic & Partners' ‘very experienced national and international IP law team’ covers copyright agreements and protection, as well as representation before the The Intellectual Property Office and World Intellectual Property Organisation. The team is also experienced in trade marks and patents, along with the advertising, media and film sectors. ‘Always ensuring clients’ IP assets are fully protected’, Vladimir Bojanović heads up the practice, while Alen Handan‘s IP workload encompasses copyright abuse and protection, advertising, media, trade marks, movie rights, patents and designs. Aleksandra Stojanović departed the firm in October 2024.

Home to ‘good lawyers with extensive know-how in IP matters’, Karanovic & Partners o.a.d. routinely develops, manages and maintains trade mark portfolios. The Belgrade team also assists with IP rights enforcement, and acts for software companies on copyright-related licensing issues. Patents, unfair competition, and anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy are other key areas; and the group frequently works alongside the firm’s commercial, healthcare, competition and dispute resolution practices. The team is headed by ‘exceptional strategist’ Nikola Kliska, whose practice covers trade mark portfolio development and anti-counterfeiting work, along with litigation strategies and court representation.

Moravcevic Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr's six-strong IP group was recently mandated by IT companies and start-ups on AI-related IP issues. The practice, which also has notable media, beauty and fashion sector expertise, covers trade mark registrations, illegal streaming, online infringements and complex IP litigation, as well as copyright, unfair competition and transaction-related IP work. IP and unfair commercial practices specialist Andrea Radonjanin leads the team, which includes Andrej Zoric, who assists with trade mark and design portfolio protection, and IP, privacy and AI practitioner Marija Lukić.

‘Fully committed to clients’, BDK Advokati AOD's four-member team in Belgrade has notable experience in trade mark, copyright and industrial design protection, as well as patents, IP litigation, and drafting and negotiating IP-related agreements. It also covers cyberspace issues, advertising and data protection law. The firm’s ‘responsive’ IP, media, entertainment, data protection and e-commerce practices are led by Bogdan Ivanišević, while Anja Gligorević is also a key team member.

Djokic + Partners' ‘unique and reliable’ IP group fields experts in trade marks, designs and copyright. The Belgrade-based team also covers data protection, internet domains, technology transfers, and media and entertainment-related work. Its representative experience includes identifying, registering, maintaining and licensing IP rights, along with managing national and international IP portfolios, IP disputes and other proceedings before the relevant authorities. Practice head Milica Arandjelović is an IP and data protection specialist.

‘Responsive and willing to listen to clients’, Joksovic, Stojanovic & Partners advises on a range of IP rights, including trade marks, patents, industrial designs and copyright. The team also covers IT-related IP issues, transactional IP work, and the registration, transfer and infringement of IP rights. The group is co-led by ‘committed’ digital IP and IT law expert Alex Petrović, and Dragan Psodorov, whose experience includes trade mark registrations and industrial designs.

‘Committed to clients’, the IP and creative industries practice at JPM & Partners predominantly acts for international clients on cross-border IP issues. The team in Belgrade is also mandated to represent clients before various authorities, including the Serbian IP Office. Miloš Mitić has a notable track record in IP work, including litigation; Aleksandar Popović focuses on patents, trade marks and IP-related litigation; and Miloš Maksimović is ‘well versed in IP matters’.

In addition to digital sector entities, Law Office Miroslav Stojanovic, in cooperation with Wolf Theiss advises IT, pharmaceuticals, energy, retail and consumer electronics clients. The IP team is increasingly mandated on trade mark matters, while also maintaining robust patent, copyright and data protection practices. Corporate and M&A expert Nataša Lalović-Marić and Belgrade managing partner Miroslav Stojanovic co-lead the team, which includes Aleksandar Ristić, who is experienced in trade mark-related disputes.

Providing ‘a high standard of client care across the board’, Stankovic & Partners (NSTLAW)'s five-member IP team fields specialists in trade marks, logos, industrial designs and M&A-related IP issues. The firm also maintains a robust contentious IP practice. With ‘a good grasp of both Serbian and international matters’, the expertise of Nenad Stankovic includes IP matters; while providing key support in Belgrade are Andjelka Radovanović, Mitar Simonovic and Tijana Milišić.

Vujinovic & Partners has significant film, TV, art, cultural heritage and creative sector expertise; while the firm’s IP expertise encompasses copyright, trade marks, designs and internet domains. ‘Exceptionally competent in IP law’, the practice also advises on technology transfers. Heading up the practice, founder Nikolina Vujinović routinely advises clients from the IT film, media, creative and arts sectors; and IP law specialist Vladislava Savić focuses on copyright and trade mark work.

Focused on the digital, IT, manufacturing, sportswear and healthcare sectors, Zunic Law's IP law practice covers trade mark services, along with industrial design, brand name, copyright, patent and domain protection. It also assists with confidentiality breaches and compliance with data and privacy rights. Leading the firm’s IP department, Tijana Žunić Marić handles IP litigation; and Nemanja Žunić advises on software-related patent protection, as well as development and licensing agreements.