A Serbian court has ruled that descendants of Josip Broz Tito will inherit none of his possessions, more than 35 years after the Yugoslav leader died, the family's lawyer said on Monday.

According to the court, the family inherited the copyright for books authored by Tito back in 1983 when legal proceedings began, and was not entitled to any personal belongings of the extravagant late leader, lawyer Nikola Barovic said.

"The court implicitly ruled that all the belongings of the late Josip Broz are the property of the state," Barovic said.