Goce Naumovski LL.D.

Goce Naumovski LL.D.

Judge

General Information

Goce Naumovski LL.D. was born in Skopje, where he completed his primary and secondary education with distinction. He graduated from secondary school with a thesis in the field of social sciences.

He enrolled at the “Iustinianus Primus” Faculty of Law in the academic year 1995/96, demonstrating a particular interest in Roman law, civil law, and intellectual property law. From February 2000, he served as a University Demonstrator in Roman Law. He graduated on 5 June 2000 with an overall grade average of 9.00.

He was elected Junior Assistant in Roman Law on 17.02.2003, and Assistant on 03.12.2004. He defended his Master’s thesis entitled “The Influence of the Roman Societas on the Contemporary Partnership Agreement” on 18.05.2004 (grade average 9.10).

He defended his doctoral dissertation, “The Contract of Deposit in Roman and Contemporary Law”, on 18.05.2007 and was awarded the academic title Doctor of Legal Sciences. He was elected Assistant Professor on 26.09.2007, Associate Professor on 31 May 2012, and Full Professor on 31 January 2017.

On 19.09.2018, at the University of Strasbourg, he defended his second doctoral dissertation entitled “Relations between Trademark Quality and Consumers’ Cognitive and Conative Variables”, thereby obtaining the academic title Doctor of Legal Sciences in the field of Private Law – Intellectual Property Law.

He is fluent in English, French, Greek and Albanian.

Teaching and Educational Activities

Professor Naumovski is responsible for courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels, including:

  • Roman Law;
  • Information Technology Law;
  • Trademark and Geographical Indications Law;
  • Rhetoric and Legal Argumentation.

Academic Positions and Engagements: He has served as Vice-Dean for Teaching, Head of the Institute of Legal History, and Head of Postgraduate Studies (including the dual degree programme with the University of Strasbourg), he has chaired and served on numerous organisational committees and has participated in the Centre for Intellectual Property Education (CIPE), he is an accredited doctoral supervisor. He has been a member of faculty commissions relating to academic appointments, enrollment, curriculа harmonisation, the publishing council, systematisation of posts, and the selection of practitioners as experts.

He serves as President of the Organising Committee of the oratory event “Ivo Puhan” and is the founder of the Centre for Legal Argumentation bearing the same name.

Recent Academic and Professional Publications

He is the author or co-author of approximately 100 scholarly works in the fields of Roman law, intellectual property law, information technology law, sports law, and related areas.

Textbooks and Monographs:

  • Roman Law, Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus”, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, 2020.
  • Information Technology Law, Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus”, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, 2013.
  • Rhetoric – Historical and Contemporary Aspects, Ars Lamina, 2019.
  • Introduction to Trademarks and Geographical Inidications, CIPE, 2010.
  • Intellectual Property Law in Macedonia, International Encyclopedia of Laws, Wolters Kluwer, 2022
  • Sports Law in Macedonia, International Encyclopedia of Laws, Wolters Kluwer, 2024

Selected Articles and Conference Papers (author and co-author)

  • Reflexiones sobre el depósito de derecho romano en el derecho contractual macedoniano contemporáneo, Revisita général de derecho romano 45, 2025, 1-12
  • Theoretical overview of sports law with emphasis on specific roman law provisions, Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy Journal, 2025, 1-16.
  • Empirical Analysis of Trademark Perception of Students Enrolled at Legal and Economic Studies in the Republic of Macedonia, ICERI, 2016, 7634-7639.
  • Trademark Valuation-Managing Intellectual Property for Strategic Marketing and Financial benefits, Proceedings of INTED 2014, 5438-5443.
  • Convergence of Trademark Law and E-Commerce: Overview of US, EU and China Regulations on Trademarks and Domain Names, Mizan Law Review, 8(2), 424-438
  • Analysis of the System for Electronic Evidence for Broadcasted Copyrighted Works and Objects of Related Rights in Macedonia, Socioeconomica, 5(9): 13-22
  • Contribution Of Teaching Methods on Cognitive Consumer Behavior in Intellectual Property Courses Curricula, INTED 2016, 5763-5770
  • Cybercrime Tendencies and Legislation in the Republic of Macedonia, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 22(1), 127-151
  • Economics of Copyright, A Collection of Essays in Honour of Professor Michalis Hatziprokopiou, 55-69
  • Some Parallels between Intellectual Property Rights in Roman and Contemporary Law, Ius Romanum, II-2016.
  • Comparative Analysis of Excerpts De mortibus persecutorum, XLVIII and Historia ecclesiastica, X.5.2–14, Proceedings: 1700 Years of the Edict of Milan, 639–655.
  • Analysis of an Inscription from Pelagonia, Macedonia: Legal and Epigraphical Aspects, Ius Romanum, 2/2015, 1-7
  • Deposit in Antiquity: Mesopotamia, Hebrew Law, Helada, Macedonia, Law Faculty Proceedings, 355–363.
  • Analysis of The Legal Status of the Macedonian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church and their Relation to the State, Iustinianus Primus Law Review, 16(2), 1-8
  • Certain Relations between Civil-Law Deposit and Bank Deposits, Annual of the Faculty of Law, 50, 497–505.
  • Fostering application of more exact methodological and statistical procedures in sport management research, Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2013, 250-254
  • Analysis of Certain Aspects of the Concept of Depositum in the Period of Classical Roman Law, International Conference on Maritime Law, Split, 2016.
  • Students’ Assessment of Copyright and Related Rights Courses Components in Musical Studies Curricula, Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
  • Depositum miserabile, sequestratio, depositum irregulare и nautae, caupones, stabularii, Годишник на Правниот факултет, 49, 621-637
  • Le rôle du droit romain dans l’éducation juridique de la République de Macédoine, Ius Romanum, II-2016
  • Analysis of Macedonian Legislation Related to Viticultural Geographical Indications, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC,volume 500), Springer, 2024

Other Scientific-Research and Professional Activities

  • Projects: „Roman Law and the Romanistic Tradition in Legal Education in the 21st Century“, „Intellectual Property Law and Performers’ Rights (USA and Europe)“, „Regional Postgraduate Studies in Intellectual Property Law“, „EU Industrial Property Law“, „Towards EU Standards in Copyright and Related Rights“, amongst others.
  • Member of the Governing Board of the Balkan Association for Roman Law and Roman Legal Tradition; Member of the Editorial Board of Ius Romanum.
  • Member of international and national associations, including the Pan-European Seal Programme of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the International Association of Sports Law (IASL).
  • Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Law, Media and the Arts, Faculty of Law, Columbia University.
  • Visiting Researcher at the Public Scientific Institution “Institute for Intellectual Property” – Skopje.
  • Member of the research laboratory of the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg.
  • Certified ISO 27001 and ISO 37001 auditor and holds a licence to act as an expert witness in the field of intellectual property.