CWB has successfully represented the interests of Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia before the Serbian Supreme Court.
According to CWB, the Serbian Supreme Court confirmed “the first- and second-instance decisions stating that the import and sale of car parts visually identical to those protected by industrial design registrations valid in Serbia constituted industrial design infringement. This final instance decision confirms the first ruling of its kind in Serbian practice related to counterfeit car parts, and is therefore significant because the task of the Supreme Court is to standardize judicial practice, and the lower courts are almost always guided by the views of the Supreme Court.”
CWB also reports that the case concerned “court proceedings against a Serbian company that was distributing replacement headlights, side rearview mirrors, and grilles for the Dacia Sandero car without the plaintiff’s consent. The car parts were visually identical to the original ones protected by Renault’s designs and they bore Dacia’s trademarks.”
The CWB team included Senior Associate Branislav Krnetic.
