Electronic Filing – A Slow Digital Revolution from the Registry Office to the Electronic Document
The digitalization of the judiciary is no longer just an idea, but a reality that is gradually transforming the way access to justice is achieved. The introduction of e-filings and electronic delivery of documents to the courts represents a key step toward modernizing the legal system of the Republic of Serbia. This process brings greater […]
Digital Assets – Types and Status in Serbian Law
In recent years, digital assets have become an increasingly important part of modern business and investment. Although topics such as Bitcoin, digital tokens, and cryptocurrencies still provoke a certain degree of distrust and sensationalism, understanding the legal status of digital assets today is crucial for both individuals and legal entities. Following the “spirit of the […]
Can digital assets be subject to enforcement in enforcement proceedings in Serbia?
Izazovi izvršenja na digitalnoj imovini The Law on Digital Assets, as one of the pioneers in regulating the domain of digital asset rights, appropriately applies the provisions of the Enforcement and Security Act regarding the procedure of forced satisfaction of claims by execution creditors. Just as substantive regulation of the rights to digital assets has […]
Elimination of irregularities in enforcement proceedings – how the law protects the right to fair enforcement
Enforcement frequently sounds like a mere legal formality, document after document, decision after decision. But there are real human stories behind every one of those documents, debtors fighting to keep roofs over their heads, creditors seeking justice, lawyers balancing between reality and the law. It is not uncommon for mistakes to sneak up throughout the […]
Can artificial intelligence be the author of a film work?
Artificial intelligence has experienced significant developments in the past decade, thanks to the massive amount of available data, improved computer performance, and the development of new architecture based on deep learning. In contrast to a classic computer program which represents a simple tool for work in the hands of a person and older artificial intelligence […]
Protection of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings: Key rights and strategies
Bankruptcy represents a legal concept whose purpose is the collective settlement of creditors in the most favourable way, through achieving the greatest possible value of the bankruptcy debtor’s property. It is enforced before the court having the jurisdiction over the company seat of the bankruptcy debtor and is initiated once the company can no-longer settle […]
Tax incentives concerning research and development (R&D)
In 2018 the Republic of Serbia adopted the Law on the Amendment of the Corporate Income Tax Law („Official Gazette of RS“, no. 95/2018), thereby introducing tax incentives for taxpayers in the field of research and development, that is incentives in the form of increased deductions for research and development expenses, which includes the recognition […]
Liquidated damages and creditors’ rights
Liquidated damages represent one of the classical institutes of the law of obligations as a security in contractual discipline and aim to provide protection and safety for the creditor, in the sense of securing that the debtor fulfils their contractual obligation. The liquidated damages force the debtor to adhere to that which was agreed, since […]
Phonogram registration and realization of rights to compensation for phonogram announcement
For the phonogram producer to realize their rights through OFPS, it is necessary to register their phonograms, in a manner and following the procedure set by the Organization itself in line with the Handbook, on phonogram registration and resolving disputed and duplicated phonograms. The evidence proving that a certain person is the phonogram producer or […]
Copyrights and related rights/Phonogram producers’ rights
Copyrights regulate the relationships emerging from the creation of copyright works in the field of art, literature, profession, and science. Considering their content, we differentiate between moral, property and other copyrights. The subject matter is regulated by the Law on Copyrights and Related Rights (“Official Gazette of RS”, no. 104/2009, 99/2011, 119/2012, 29/2016 – decision […]