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Bosnia and Herzegovina (“BiH”) has adopted a set of intellectual property laws that significantly reshape how innovation, branding and confidential business information are protected. Together, the new Patent Law, Trademark Law and Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets as Intellectual Property (“Trade Secrets Law”) bring the domestic framework closer to EU standards, expand available remedies and give businesses clearer tools to secure and enforce their competitive advantage.

In 2012, Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy — undone not by the arrival of digital photography, but by its failure to understand what it truly was.

In November 2012, the European Commission tabled a proposal for gender balance on corporate boards. The file then spent ten years blocked in the Council. It took until November 2022 for it to become Directive (EU) 2022/2381 – an arc long enough to earn the file its nickname.

Serbia goes paperless on sick leave — doctors, employers, and the health fund now share data instantly, cutting queues, costs, and paperwork in one move.

Hiring foreign nationals in Bosnia and Herzegovina is no longer an exception – it is becoming a key workforce strategy across construction, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors.