What you get
- A search of the Serbian register, Madrid Monitor and EUIPO, with a short written opinion, before you pay a single official fee
- Filing in up to 3 classes, with Latin and Cyrillic versions where it matters for your market
- Replies to the Office's letters, publication, registration certificate and 10 years of protection from the filing date
- Renewal reminders and, if you want, a monthly watch for similar new filings
Why a Serbian filing at all
Serbia is not in the EU, so an EU trademark stops at the border. The same goes for UK, US or Chinese registrations. A brand that is sold in Serbia without a Serbian registration can be registered by someone else first, and then you are the one who has to explain. Distributors, Amazon and marketplace sellers, franchisors and manufacturers with plants in Serbia are the companies that write to us most.
The procedure is simple once a representative is in place: filing, examination by the Intellectual Property Office in Belgrade, publication, a three-month opposition window, registration. Without objections it takes around six months.
Costs, with no surprises
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Official fees of the IP Office, filing, up to 3 classes | ≈ RSD 21,400 (≈ €185) |
| Official fees, registration for 10 years, up to 3 classes | ≈ RSD 42,700 (≈ €365) |
| Each additional class (official fees) | ≈ RSD 10,700 (≈ €90) |
| Our fee: search with written opinion and filing, up to 3 classes | €390 |
| Our fee: each additional class | €50 |
| Our fee: taking the mark through to registration, certificate | €120 |
| International (Madrid) application from a Serbian base, up to 5 countries | €450 + WIPO fees |
| Renewal after 10 years | €150 + official fee |
| Opposition, or reply to one | €450 |
| Trademark watch | €120 a year |
Official fees are paid to the Office in dinars and change from time to time; you receive the receipts. Company + brand package: Serbian d.o.o. and trademark filing together for €690.
Serbia as a base for the world
A Serbian company can file an international trademark through the Madrid system in more than 130 countries: the EU, UK, USA, China, UAE, Türkiye and others, in one application, with one representative and one language. This matters if your home country is not in the Madrid system (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, South Africa, Argentina, Taiwan, Hong Kong), or if you want one lawyer for the whole portfolio.
We say it plainly when a route is not worth it: for the EU alone, a direct EUIPO filing is cheaper than Madrid, and we arrange it with a partner firm in the EU. WIPO fees are the same whichever country you file from; the saving is in having one simple base and one representative.
How it works
- Send us the mark. Word or logo, the goods or services, and the name of the owner. Written reply within one working day with the search result and a fixed quote.
- Engagement letter and invoice. After payment you sign a simple power of attorney; for trademark matters in Serbia no notary or apostille is needed.
- Filing within two working days. You receive the filing receipt with the date that your protection runs from.
- Examination and publication. Four to eight months. We answer any letter from the Office and tell you in writing each time something moves.
- Registration. Certificate in Serbian with an English summary, renewal date in our diary.