Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2025 submitted by the Republic of Serbia/Intellectual Property Office

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The term "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models.

Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of industrial design information activities and expected time frames for their realization

In 2025 IPO Serbia continued to maintain its electronic services. The whole system uses data from IPAS administration system (patents, trademarks, industrial design), as well as separate databases for GI and Copyright:

• e-Registers for: Patents, Petty patents, SPC, Trademarks, Industrial design (connected to IPAS)
• Evidence of deposited copyright and related right works
• e-register of geographical indication of origin
• e-Filling
• e-Delivery

e-Filling – system consists of application and submission modules:

• Application for protection of invention with submodules for: patent, petty patent, SPC, EP validation and e-PCT application for international protection of invention
• Application for trademarks protection including submodules for: individual trademark, collective trademark and warranty trademark
• Application for industrial design with submodules for individual and multiple design applications
• Different modules for submitting submissions in the administrative procedures grouped in 10 groups with 84 electronic forms:

1. Pre-application search, two forms for patent and trademark commercial searches
2. Procedure upon submission of an application (17 forms)
3. Procedure for international registration of trademark and industrial design (4 forms)
4. Entries of changes into registers (12 forms)
5. Cancellation of trademark and termination due to non-use (4 forms)
6. Complaint request (1 form)
7. Extracts from registers and certificates (5 forms)
8. Other requests and submissions (14 forms)
9. Fees (9 forms)
10. Submissions of Collective management Organizations (14 forms)

Prerequisite for using e-Filing system for most of the actions in e-Filling system is possession of electronic signature/certificates issued by certification bodies in Serbia.

In 2025 IPO RS received altogether 9672 applications for intellectual property rights, of which 4945 are applications for intellectual property rights in national proceedings. 4197 applications out of 4945 are for industrial property rights. 79.44% applications were  received through e-Filling system and share of other submissions through e-Filling was 63.05%.

E- delivery has been established in July 2020. It represents an electronic delivery of e-documents issued by the IPO with e-signature. The documents are being sent directly from IPAS (Industrial Property Administration System) to the e-Mailbox within Serbian governmental portal eUprava. E-delivery was used for 30.21% of all Office’s delivered documents

• New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies(plans) mentioned above, short description:  aims, partners, tasks
• Main areas of industrial design information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year

Of the total number of 337 industrial design applications filed in 2025, 245 applications (with 565 designs contained in individual and multiple applications) were filed by foreign applicants under the Hague Agreement, concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, while 92 applications were filed directly with the IPO in national proceedings by domestic and foreign applicants (with a total of 142 designs  in national applications).

Industrial Design Applications:

Compared to 2024, the number of applications filed directly with the IPO in national proceeding in 2025, increased by 15 applications. Also, in 2025 the number of applications filed under the Hague Agreement decreased by 28 compared to 2024.

In 2025 there were 313 industrial design registrations, of which 245 were registered based on the applications filed under the Hague Agreement, and 68 based on applications filed directly with the IPO in national proceeding.

Registered Industrial Designs:

• Statistics:  changes in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to previous year;  trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
• Other matters and useful links (URLs):  annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

Annual report 2025: https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/about-us/documents/annual-reports/ in Serbian/English

Webpage with the information on Industrial design proceeding and facts: https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/rights/industrial-design/ in English

https://www.zis.gov.rs/prava/dizajn/  in Serbian

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II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) – URLs

All relevant data considering industrial design protection in Republic of Serbia are available on the link www.zis.gov.rs  (https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/rights/industrial-design/  in English. That includes most frequently asked questions, design legislation, guidelines and forms, fees, statistics and reports.

Instructions for drafting industrial design applications and for the process of filling are available at the website as well as the examples of formally correct industrial design applications. All forms and guidelines, FAQ are available at the following

 link:

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/rights/industrial-design/#how-to-apply

E-filing user guide recommends how to prepare the proper documentation for application – all is accessible through link:

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/e-application/  English

https://www.zis.gov.rs/e-prijava/  Serbian

National database of industrial designs is available online.

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/databases/industrial-design/

• Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

Application dossiers for industrial designs are not fully available on the official website of the IP Office. In the e-industrial design register all prescribed elements of bibliographic data are present as well as the images of registered deigns. The new e-Industrial design register had been launched in 2025 developed by IPO staff in WIPO Publish technology.

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/databases/industrial-design/ 

• Classification and reclassification activities;  classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification

The Intellectual Property Office of Serbia uses the International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification) since 1973. All the documents are classified according to class and subclass of the Locarno Classification within its last edition. The classification is used for the novelty examination search, for commercial search and for statistics.

• Other activities

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III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Main types of publications in the field of industrial design information, outline of the content (industrial design applications, design patents, registrations, etc.) and medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URLs)

Industrial design register is the primary source of information on design cases. It is updated daily from the IPAS administrative system, images can be viewed only for registered and published designs, and legal status can be reviewed in e-ID register. 

• Official Gazettes:  main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online – (URL), etc.

Intellectual Property Gazette is the basic official source of information about all intellectual property rights. Industrial designs are published in the Intellectual Property Gazette once a month (end of month) and contain bibliographical data and graphical presentations or images of the industrial design registrations. The Intellectual Property Gazette, in the part referring to industrial designs, is prepared by means of computer using an IPAS system. The following information and bibliographical data concerning registered domestic and international Industrial Design are published in the Intellectual Property Gazette – registration number, application number, filing date, registration date, date of granted priority right, information on the holder of title, name of creator. Industrial designs are published in grayscale technique and color technique. Designs that are no longer in force are also published. At the date of publication in gazette, image for registered designs can be viewed in e-ID register.

Since the beginning of 2010 the Intellectual Property Gazette is published both in paper and in electronic form in PDF format on the website of the IPO at the following link, and since 2012 in electronic form only:

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/intellectual-property-gazette/

• Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases

All the searches at the Office are computerized. Each working station has fast internet access, and industrial design databases are accessible through it. Examiners use national database of design applications and registered designs and IPAS, internal database which contains more information available through workflow. Apart from that, industrial design examiners use international databases such as Hague Express and DesignView and other national databases.

• Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users;  conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

The information services available to the public through the Office are as follows:

• Search according to the year of filing of the application,
• Search according to the applicant/ holder of right,
• Search according to the author of the design,
• Search according to the application number,
• Search according to the registration number,
• Search according to classes
• Search according to the title of the product
• Search according to the attorney name

Combination of the above-mentioned information on the registered industrial designs/applications in Serbia is available in online database.

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/databases/industrial-design/

URLs of web pages of the Office’s website provide information such as: filing, publication, examination and registration procedures related to industrial designs

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/rights/industrial-design/

• Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)

legal status information is available in e-ID register: https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/databases/industrial-design/

• Other sources 

Industrial Design search is also offered by the Office as a commercial service and in 2025, 24 of such design searches were delivered to customers.

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IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office:  general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements

E-filing system for IP rights is fully functional and is improved on the back-office side with common dispatch module. The general information available on

E-Filing: https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/e-application/

System of the e-filing of documents enables to file the applications of trademarks, patents, petty patents and industrial design electronically. The receiving of documents and filings for the applications in the procedure and for the registered intellectual property rights are supported as well. In 2025 the share of e-filed design applications in national procedure is 41.30%.

• Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
• Internal databases:  coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
• Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file:  file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
• Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
• Other matters 

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V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

• Office’s library (if deals with industrial design information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries

IPO Serbia has a public library where all persons can get the consultancy in person for design filing and other issues related to IPR or innovation protection. Through Education and Information center and the seminars it delivers to participants, information on industrial design and all other IP rights are the topics which are included in basic and advanced training modules. Each month on third Thursday, Open Door event is organized for customer’s consultancy beside the opportunity to have them every day on regular basis. Consultancy in accordance with the topic delivered to the clients as the pre-application or general consultations:

Patent protection – 1043

Trademark protection – 2576

Copyrights – 1596

Industrial design – 726

E-application – 446

Other - 172

TOTAL: 6559 consultations/information provided

E-filing user guide, electronic certificates description and installation manuals, recommendations how to prepare the proper documentation and graphic data format for application – all is accessible at the link in Serbian: https://www.zis.gov.rs/e-prijava/.

More simplified is English page https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/e-application/

E-filing system for IP rights is fully functional and is improved on the back-office side with common dispatch module.

The general information available on https://www.zis.gov.rs/e-prijava/  ; the production E-filing website on URL https://e-usluge.zis.gov.rs/ZISEPrijave/ .

• Publications related to different business procedures and industrial design information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.

Various publications related to intellectual property such as instructions, examples of formally correct applications are available at following link: https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/forms-and-instructions/?cat=design 

Studies, brochures, newsletters and leaflets are available in paper form or in electronic form at the IPO website:

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/electronic-publications/

• Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.

The Education and information Centre (EIC) of the IPO provides support in the form of a service of disseminating information and education realized through consultations and training, seminars and workshops aiming identification, protection, management and exploitation of the results of research considering that intellectual property is created in research institutions. In a broader context this helps to promote innovation - transformation of ideas into products, processes and technologies benefiting society as a whole.

• Education and training:  training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

IPO Serbia has a public library where all interested parties can get the personal consultancy for trademark, patent, industrial design filing and procedures. Through Education and Information Center the seminars, information, including design system and the other proceedings are delivered to the public. Each month on third Thursday, Open Door event is organized in IPO for customer’s consultations beside the opportunity for consultations every day on regular basis.
Wide scope of education and information services is adjusted to the various target groups including: SMEs and institutions that offer support to business, organizations involved in R&D, institutions of high education, institutions for the enforcement of the intellectual property rights and others. 

The education is performed in the form of lectures, seminars, conferences, consultations on protection, use and management of intellectual property rights. In 2025, 42 seminars or lectures were delivered to different stakeholder’s groups with 1469 participants. 19 seminars were delivered to general public where also R&D was included, with 677 participants, while 15 seminars were organized especially for universities and R&D organizations with 574 participants, 6 events exclusively for SMEs with 163 participants, 2 events for enforcement institutions for 55 participants. Small and medium enterprises and R&D teams are offered the special service designed in particular for them, Intellectual Property Pre-diagnosis and “1to1” consultations and altogether 91 of such services were delivered. The Office was present at the 7 trade and other fairs with 400 consultations delivered to visitors and exhibitors. More about those activities in the first part of Annual Report 2025:

https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/about-us/documents/annual-reports/

• Other activities 

Over the year, the Office’s website was visited by 81,000 users, of which 77,000 were unique visitors. A total of 435,000pages were viewed (5.37 pages per user). Besides the homepage, the most frequently visited pages were those for searching trademark and patent databases, containing information on intellectual property rights, and providing guidelines for application submissions and fees payable in proceedings before the Office. In 2025, 75 news were published on the Office’s website, while more than 90 posts, including news, announcements, and educational content about intellectual property rights, were shared across its social media platforms. In 2025 office opened a profile on the social media platform Tik Tok beside existing on Facebook, X, LinkdIn and Instagram.

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VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

• International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
• Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to industrial design information

Data from national e-ID register are updated in the EUIPO DesignView database.

• Assistance to developing countries
• Other activities 

The officials of the IPO attended Liaison Meetings on Industrial Design at the EUIPO in 2025.

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VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Note: For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values: 

• "Fully implemented"
• “Partially implemented”
• "On implementation phase"
• "Planning to implement"
• “On assessment phase” 
• "No plan to implement"

Implementation Status Definitions

"Fully implemented" 

The WIPO Standard has been implemented in a manner compliant or compatible with the Standard.

"Partially implemented" 

The WIPO Standard has been implemented in part.  The Office practice aligns with some, but not all, requirements of the Standard.

"On implementation phase"

The decision to implement the WIPO Standard has been made and it is currently being deployed, configured, or integrated into systems and workflows.

"Planning to implement"

The decision to implement the WIPO Standard has been made;  planning activities (resource allocation, timeline development, technical design) are underway before actual implementation begins.

"On assessment phase"

The WIPO Standard is under active evaluation to determine its feasibility, technical requirements, costs, benefits, and alignment with organizational needs before making an implementation decision.

"No plan to implement"

The WIPO Standard has been reviewed and there is currently no intention or plan to implement it.

WIPO Standard ST.2:  Standard manner for designating calendar dates by using the Gregorian calendar

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WIPO Standard ST.3:  Recommended standard on two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations

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Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.13:  Recommendation for the numbering of applications for industrial property rights (IPRs)

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No plan to Implement

WIPO Standard ST.80:  Recommendation concerning bibliographic data relating to industrial designs

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Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.81:  Recommendation concerning the content and layout of industrial design gazettes

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Fully implemented

WIPO Standard ST.86:  Recommendation for the processing of industrial design information using XML (extensible markup language)

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Implemented

WIPO Standard ST.87:  Recommendation for the exchange of industrial design legal status data

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No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.88:  Recommendations for electronic representation of industrial designs

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Implemented

WIPO Standard ST.90:  Recommendation for processing and communicating intellectual property data using web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

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Planning to implement

WIPO Standard ST.91:  Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images

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No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.92:  Recommendations on the data package format for the electronic exchange of priority documents

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No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.96:  Recommendation for the processing of intellectual property information using XML (extensible markup language)

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No plan to implement

WIPO Standard ST.97:  Recommendation for processing of intellectual property data using JSON

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No plan to implement

VIII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

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