PRISTINA – Intellectual Property rights that were registered or filed in Serbia prior to October 1, 2007 must be re-registered or re-filed in Kosovo by October 1, 2008, SD PETOSEVIC reported.
Due to the high volume of requests for Validity/Filing certificates from the Serbian IPO, it is likely that many Validity/Filing certificates will not be issued timely - before the October 1, 2008 deadline.
However, Kosovo Intellectual Property Office (IPO) accepts requests for revalidation without the Validity/Filing Certificates, provided they are submitted no later than two months after the request for revalidation is filed.