On November 29, 2019 The Government adopted a Bill amending the Copyright and Related Rights Act.
What does the Bill on Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act provide for?
Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act have been addressed primarily with the aim of aligning the provisions of this law with EU law in the field of the collective exercise of copyright and related rights, in particular Directive 2014/26 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the collective exercise of copyright and related rights, as well as the granting of authorizations for territories of several countries for the rights to use music online in the internal market.
The main effect of the adoption of this Bill would be to improve the system of collective exercise of copyright and related rights in Montenegro.
The law provides for the improvement of the process of making common tariff agreements, ie. agreements on fees for the use of copyrighted works and related rights between organizations for the collective exercise of rights and user associations, with the introduction of an obligation to approve such agreements by the competent authority, as well as increased transparency when concluding them.
Also, there will be a tougher misdemeanor policy.
Also, there will be a tougher misdemeanor policy.
Source: CdM
“World Intellectual Property Indicators: Filings for Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs Reach Record Heights in 2018”
Asia accounted for more than two-thirds of all patent, trademark and industrial design applications in 2018, with China driving overall growth in demand for intellectual property (IP) rights as the United States of America (U.S.) maintained its primacy in patent applications filed in export markets. Innovators across the globe filed 3.3 million patent applications in 2018, up 5.2% for a ninth straight yearly increase, according to WIPO’s annual World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report. Global trademark filing activity rose to 14.3 million, while that for industrial designs reached 1.3 million. Asia continues to outpace other regions in filing activity for patents, trademarks, industrial designs and other intellectual property rights that are at the center of the global economy.
Patents
China’s IP office received the highest number of patent applications in 2018, a record 1.54 million applications that amounts to 46.4% of the global total and is similar in magnitude to the combined total of the offices ranked two through 11. China’s IP office was followed by the offices of the U.S. (597,141), Japan (313,567), the Republic of Korea (209,992) and the European Patent Office (EPO; 174,397). Together, these five offices accounted for 85.3% of the world total. Among the top five offices, China (+11.6%), the EPO (+4.7%) and the Republic of Korea (+2.5%) recorded growth in applications, while both Japan (-1.5%) and the U.S. (-1.6%) saw small declines. For the U.S., it was the first decline in applications since 2009. Germany (67,898), India (50,055), the Russian Federation (37,957), Canada (36,161) and Australia (29,957) also featured among the top 10 offices. All of these offices saw growth in filings, ranging from 7.5% in India to 0.3% in Germany. Asia is the hub of global patent filings Asia has strengthened its position as the region with the greatest activity in patent filings. Offices located in Asia received two-thirds (66.8%) of all applications filed worldwide in 2018 – a considerable increase from 50.8% in 2008 – primarily driven by growth in China. Offices located in North America accounted
for just under one-fifth (19%) of the 2018 world total, while those in Europe accounted for just over one-tenth (10.9%). The combined share of offices located in Africa, Latin America and the
Caribbean, and Oceania was 3.3% in 2018.
Trademarks
An estimated 10.9 million trademark applications covering 14.3 million classes were filed worldwide in 2018. The number of classes specified in applications grew by 15.5% in 2018, marking a ninth consecutive year of growth. China’s IP office had the highest volume of filing activity[1] with a class count of around 7.4 million; followed by the IP offices of the U.S. (640,181) and Japan (512,156); the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO; 392,925) and the IP office of the Islamic Republic of Iran (384,338). Among the top 20 offices, the largest increases between 2017 and 2018 were in the IP offices of Indonesia (+29.1%), China (+28.3%), India (+20.9%), the Republic of Korea (+14.5%) and the United Kingdom (+12.4%). Asia leads in trademark filings Offices located in Asia accounted for 70% of all trademark filing activity in 2018, up from 36.2% in 2008. Europe’s share declined from 38.4% in 2008 to 15.8% in 2018. North America accounted for 5.8% of the world total in 2018, while the combined share of offices located in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania was 8.4% in 2018. There were an estimated 49.3 million active trademark registrations worldwide in 2018 – up 13.8% on 2017, with 19.6 million in China alone, followed by 2.4 million in the U.S., and 1.9 million in India.
Industrial designs
An estimated 1 million industrial design applications containing 1.3 million designs were filed worldwide in 2018, representing a 5.7% year-on-year increase. China’s IP office received applications containing 708,799 designs in 2018, corresponding to 54% of the world total. It was followed by the EUIPO (108,174) and the IP offices of the Republic of Korea (68,054), the U.S. (47,137) and Germany (44,460). Among the top 20 offices, the following five offices reported double-digit growth in design counts: the U.K. (+42.4%), the Russian Federation (+21%), Italy (+16.6%), India (+13.6%) and China (+12.7%). Asia sees the highest design activity Offices located in Asia accounted for more than two-thirds (69.7%) of all designs in applications filed worldwide in 2018, followed by Europe (23%) and North America (4.1%). The combined share of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania was 3.2% in 2018. Designs related to furnishings accounted for 10.5% of global filing activity[2], followed by those related to clothing (8.3%) and to packages and containers (7.7%). The total number of industrial design registrations in force worldwide grew by 6.5% to reach around 4 million. The largest number of registrations in force was in China (1.6 million), followed by the Republic of Korea (344,560), the U.S. (336,116) and Japan (257,157).
Source WIPO
” Intellectual property is a cornerstone for the reconstruction of the EU economy.”
Intellectual property rights encourage innovation and investment, and technology transfer and other socially useful knowledge. A recent study from September 2013th showed the extent to which industries, that are intensively use intellectual property rights, contribute to economic growth and employment; 39% of total economic activity in the EU (about 4.7 billion per year) is generated by sectors that deal with intellectual property rights (IS); 25% of all jobs in the EU (56 million jobs) provide sectors dealing with IPR, while 10% of all other jobs indirectly arising from these sectors.
Svetlana Popcetovic Winner of the WIPO Medal for Inventors
Inventor Medal has been awarded since 1979 by the World Intellectual Property Organization with the aim of stimulating the activities of inventors worldwide. The World Intellectual Property Organization awards the Medal through national organizations to excellent inventors, in order to acknowledge the outstanding contribution to the economic and technological development of their country of origin. In cooperation with this prestigious organization, the Intellectual Property Office organized the competition for the Inventor medal in Montenegro. Considering many years of scientific research that resulted in the invention, as well as its great economic importance for the development of Montenegro, inventor Svetlana Popcetovic, a graduate architect of landscape architecture, was awarded the Medal for inventors for the invention of “Replacement for natural fertile land”.
Illicit goods discovered at the CI Dracenovac border crossing
On Thursday, November 14, 2019, officers of the Department for Combating Smuggling in cooperation with the customs officers of CI Dracenovac carried out controls of goods and passenger traffic at the CI Dracenovac border crossing as part of their regular activities. On that occasion, a bus of Montenegrin license plates found a larger quantity of merchandise of a commercial character, which was hidden in several places on the bus. The goods consisted of textiles and auto parts. The value of the goods is estimated at € 2.730.00. The bus driver was issued a misdemeanor warrant and the goods were seized.