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Macedonia
PETOSEVIC
The amendments to the Macedonian Law
on Customs Measures for Protection of
Intellectual Property Rights came into
force on 14 May 2013.
The most significant novelty is that the
seized counterfeit textile goods and
footwear may be donated to socially
disadvantaged people and residents of
regions affected by natural disasters.
The law prescribes that the goods can be
donated only upon the trade mark
owner's consent and the removal of the
trade mark from the goods. The
competent authority will also have to con-
firm that the goods meet safety
requirements.
The costs of transport, warehousing and
trade mark removal will be covered by
the state. The procedure will be
conducted under the supervision of the
trade mark representative and customs
officials.
If it is not possible to remove the trade
mark without permanently damaging the
goods and if the trade mark owner does
not approve the donation, the goods will
be destroyed.
The amendments also foresee fines for
repeat offenders ranging from EUR
2,500-5,000 (USD $ 3,300-6,500) for legal
persons and EUR 500-1,000 (USD$
650-1,300) for natural persons. The fines
will be imposed in case of exporting or
importing counterfeited goods bearing a
trade mark that was subject to a previous
seizure in which the same legal or natural
entity was involved.
Members News
New Members
We are delighted to welcome the fol-
lowing new members to the Group:
Gokce Yilmaz
of Moroglu Arseven
Law Firm, Istanbul, Turkey
gyilmaz@morogluarseven.av.tr
Kristine Ostrovskar
of Petersona
Patents SIA, Riga, Latvia
Kristine@petpat.lv
Jan Peter Heidenreich
of Harmsen
Utescher, Hamburg, Germany
janpeter.heidenreich@harmsen.utesch
er.com
Anna Perier
of Biofarma, Suresnes,
France
anna.perier@fr.netgrs.com
Paula Bezerra de Menezes
of
Soerensen Garcia Advogados
Associados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
pmenezes@soerensengarcia.com.br
Aaron Hurvitz
of Kangxin &
Partners PC, Beijing, P.R. China
global@kangxin.com
Paul Lange
of Siebecke Lange
Wilbert, Düsseldorf, Germany
lange@siebecke.com
Philip Cross
of Omega Insights Sarl,
Gland, Switzerland
pcross@omegainsights.com
Dragoljub Arandjelovic
of MSA IP
Milojevic, Sekulic & Associates,
Belgrade, Serbia
drago.arandjelovic@msa-iplaw.com
Peter MacLachlan
of MacLachlan &
Donaldson, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
pmacl@maclachlan.ie
Tamás Gödölle
of Bogsch &
Partners Law Firm, Budapest, Hungary
tamas.godolle@bogsch.hu
Grégory Montenot
of Darts-ip,
Brussels, Belgium
gmontenot@darts-ip.com
Kavita Mundkur
of Krishna &
Saurastri, Mumbai, India
kavita@krishnaandsaurastri.com
Coralia Papacharalambous
of
Papacharalambous & Angelides LLC,
Nicosia, Cyprus
coraliap@palaw.com.cy
Morton Douglas
of Friedrich Graf
von Westphalen & Partner, Freiburg,
Germany
Morton.douglas@fgvw.de
Ada Torras
of Duran-Corretjer
S.L.P., Barcelona, Spain
info@duran.es
Kristina Björnerstedt
of Skriptor
AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Kristina.bjornerstedt@skriptor.com
Penelope Catley
of Baldwins
Intellectual Property, Wellington, New
Zealand
penny.catley@baldwins.com
Moves and Mergers
Sonia Tondowski-Elkrief
has left
Merck Serono and is now with
Bugnion SA in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sonia can be contacted at
soniaelkrief@bugnion.ch
Wolfgang May
, a former PTMG
Committee member who was
previously with Procter & Gamble, has
recently joined DLA Piper in Cologne.
Wolfgang can now be contacted at
wolfgang.may@dlapiper.com
Ralf Möller
has left Harmsen
Utescher to join Esche Schümann
Commichau in Hamburg, Germany.
He can be contacted at
r.moeller@esche.de
Malgorzata Darowska
has left
Salans to join Bird & Bird Maciej
Gawronski sp.k. in Warsaw, Poland.
She can be contacted at
Malgorzata.darowska@twobirds.com
Giulio Martellini
has left
Notarbartolo & Gervasi S.p.A., to join
IP Skill in Turin, Italy. He can now be
contacted at
g.martellini@ip-skill.it
Michael Leonard
has left Panitch
Schwarze Belisario Nadel to join Fox
Rothschild LLP in Philadelphia, USA.
He can now be contacted at
mleonard@foxrothschild.com
Yves Asaert
has left Corsearch and
is now with Nameshield in Brussels,
Belgium. He can be contacted at
yves.asaert@nameshield.net
Please remember to let us know of
any changes to your contact details.
You can notify me either via the
PTMG website www.ptmg.org or
directly to Lesley@ptmg.org or by
writing to me at Tillingbourne House,
115 Gregories Road, Beaconsfield,
Bucks, HP9 1HZ
Lesley Edwards
PTMG Secretary