Computerimplemented inventions in Serbia Saa Zdravkovi Intellectual Property

Computer-implemented inventions in Serbia Saša Zdravković Intellectual Property Office Republic of Serbia szdravkovic@zis. gov. rs

IPO Serbia – Serbia, one of 11 founding countries of the Paris Convention (1883) – Set up the Administration for the Protection of Industrial Property on 15 November 1920 – 101 employee – 19 patent examiner (23 in 2009) – Situated in city center, street Kneginje Ljubice 5, Belgrade – Celebrate 90 years of IPO – Over 50000 registrated patents and over 1000 petty patents – 1 st patent from 1909 (extension) is kettle for making of Rakija (serbian brandy)

Serbian Law • Patent law: Article 2 (A patent shall mean a right granted for an invention in any field of technology, which is new, involves an inventive step and is susceptible of industrial application. • Patent law (not patentible) Article 5 paragraph 4 (The following, in particular, shall not be regarded as inventions, within the meaning of this Law: 4) computer programs • Copyright law Article 2 paragraph 2 (The following shall be deemed works of authorship in particular: Written works (e. g. books, brochures, articles, translations, computer programs…. . ) • Copyright law Article 47 (If a work of authorship is a computer program, the person who has legitimately obtained a copy of that computer program for his/her own usual use, may do thefollowing without its author’s permission and without paying any remuneration: • IPO Serbia Legislation http: //www. zis. gov. rs/en/home/zakoni_i_propisi. html

CII – Computer Implemented Inventions "Computer-implemented invention" - CII - an invention whose implementation involves the use of a computer, computer network or other programmable apparatus with features realised wholly or partly by means of a computer program Examples: a program-controlled. . . - washing machine cycle; - car braking system.

IPC • G 06 Q DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [8] G 06 Q 10/00 Administration, e. g. office automation or reservations; Management, e. g. resource or project management [8] G 06 Q 20/00 Payment schemes, architectures or protocols (apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G 07 F 7/08, G 07 F 19/00; electronic cash registers G 07 G 1/12)

IPC G 06 Q 30/00 Commerce, e. g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce [8] G 06 Q 40/00 Finance, e. g. banking, investment or tax processing; Insurance, e. g. risk analysis or pensions [8] G 06 Q 50/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for a specific business sector, e. g. health care, utilities, tourism or legal services [8] G 06 Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes, not involving significant data G 06 Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass [8]

IPC G 05 B CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS G 06 F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING G 06 K RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

Serbia (application per year CII and Copyright) Patent Copyright Year Application per year CII Deposit procedure 2008 760 10 741 62 2009 683 17 316 39 439 15 188 13 2010* jan-aug. software

IPC G 06 Q • For example (espacenet) Keywords: Electronic commerce payment Class: G 06 Q 30/00 30 applications (7 registrated patents) Source: www. espacenet. com

IPO Serbia patent application IPC Number of patent application G 06 Q 6 G 06 K 18 G 06 F 123 G 05 B 29

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