Trademark is the basic and irreplaceable tool for successful marketing of products and services. The trademark protection is also often the key element for protecting business operations of companies and individuals. Our services related to trademark law include, inter alia, the following:

• Counselling regarding the choice of trademark the client wishes to protect
• Evaluation regarding appropriateness of the trademark for registration
• Search of identical or similar trademarks
• Composing the list of products and services offered by the client
• Representation in proceedings related to trademark protection before the State Intellectual Property Office (DZIV), and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
• International trademark registration (IR) according to the Madrid Agreement and its Protocol through the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• Managing and monitoring international trademark registrations
• Trademark monitoring for the purposes of avoiding collision of rights
• Filing an objection, revocation and request for cancellation before the Croatian State Intellectual Property Office and the EUIPO
• Handling and managing the client’s trademark portfolio
• Legal representation before all national courts and the European Court of Justice
• Customs seizure measures
• Drafting agreements related to the use and/or transfer of the trademark right (licencing, franchising and other agreements)

The industrial design right protects the appearance of the whole or a part of a product or resulting from its lines, contours, colours, shapes, texture or ornamentation, if this external appearance is new and distinctive. In addition to the trademark right, the industrial design right plays an important role in successful product placement on the market, as well as marketing. Our services in the field of industrial design rights include, inter alia, the following:

• Counselling related to the choice of the product design and parts of the product that are desired and that can be protected by this right;
• Representation in the proceedings related to industrial design protection before the State Intellectual Property Office (DZIV), and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
• International registration of industrial design according to the Hague Agreement through the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• Legal representation before all national courts, and the Court of Justice of the European Union (the General Court and the European Court of Justice)
• Customs seizure measures
• Drafting agreements related to the use and/or transfer of the industrial design right (licencing, franchising and other agreements)

Copyright protects intellectual creations, such as musical, literary, film and stage presentations, architectural, artistic and photographic works, computer programs and online applications. Due to the widespread use of internet and continuous development of internet, copyrights rapidly acquire an ever-increasing market value and role. Our services in the field of copyrights include, inter alia, the following:

• Evaluation of possibility of copyright protection for a particular work;
• Legal representation before all national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (the General Court and the European Court of Justice).
• Out-of-court protection of copyright works
• Drafting agreements related to disposal and/or transfer of copyrights

Patents are obtainable for every invention that is new, involves an inventive step and which is eligible for industrial application. Patents define today’s high-tech society, and they represent the basis for development and investments in science and technology. Our services in the field of patent law include, inter alia, the following:

• Prior art searches
• Drafting patent applications
• Conducting proceedings for patent recognition before the State Intellectual Property Office (DZIV) and the European Patent Office (EPO)
• Legal representation before all national courts
• Counselling related to protection from patent right infringements
• Drafting agreements related to the use and/or transfer of patents (licences and other agreements)

The Competition Act protects the stakeholders in the trade from unfair market practices in the sphere of commercial activities. Our services in the field of protection of market competition include, inter alia, the following:

• Analysis of promotional and marketing activities and their compliance with the Competition Act and the acts in the field of intellectual property
• Legal counselling
• Legal representation before all national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (the General Court and the European Court of Justice).
• Counselling in amicable dispute resolutions

The rights associated with information technologies outline the legal aspects of development, use and transfer of technology. Our services in this field of law include, inter alia, the following:

• Protection of internet domain names
• Representation in amicable dispute resolution proceedings and representation before the arbitration court in disputes related to domain names
• Counselling related to contractual rights in information technologies
• Drafting IT agreements

Activation and monitoring of measures aimed at blocking circulation of goods infringing trademarks and piracy of products. The customs measures are conducted on both national and EU level, with constant communication with the competent customs authorities.

Protection of undisclosed information with market value (Trade Secrets)

Information items that are kept as confidential, which are undisclosed or not obvious to third persons, also having market value, are protected pursuant to the relevant Law and Directive (EU) 2016/943. The items of information which are, among others, protected include know-how, business and technological information. Our services in this legal field include, inter alia, the following:

• Implementation and drafting of required documentation for the protection of undisclosed information (bylaws, employment contracts, handling and storing of undisclosed information)
• Drafting of agreements
• Legal representation before all national courts

Arbitration and mediation are the forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Arbitration is out-of-court dispute resolution, in which the parties present their case before the arbitration court, which draws its jurisdiction from the prior agreement of the parties.

Mediation includes proceedings in which the parties attempt to resolve their dispute in mutual agreement, with the participation of an independent mediator. The mediator tries during the mediation proceedings to achieve a mutually satisfactory settlement between the parties, without imposing a mandatory resolution.

In addition to counselling and representation, our services in the field of contract law also encompass the following:

• Drafting of agreements
• Evaluation of existing agreements
• Negotiations and drafting of settlement agreements
• Judicial and out-of-court representation

We provide discreet services related to legal protection from media onslaught, as well as prevention of publication of fake (fabricated) news, taking down of fake news or private information through the courts or directly by referring requests online or to the printed media.

The media law encompasses several fields of law in which we provide our services, such as the field of pubic communications, libel and slander claims, rights to paintings and photographs, right to advertising, sponsorship, product placement, access to information and privacy protection.

The area of sports law includes matters from contractual labour law, contract law, intellectual property and torts. Our services in this field of law include, inter alia, the following:

• Drafting of professional contracts between sports clubs and athletes
• Drafting of sponsorship agreements between sponsors, sports clubs and athletes
• Drafting of contracts on commercial use of club logos, signs, mascots (signage) and athletes’ appearance (merchandising agreements)
• Legal representation before the courts, the Sports Arbitration Council of the Croatian Olympic Committee, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS, Lausanne, Switzerland), and the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC, Zürich, Switzerland).