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IP/N/1/SVK/6, IP/N/1/SVK/P/6
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1. Notifying Member
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Slovak Republic
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Afghanistan
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Australia
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2. Subject matter
Copyright and related rights
Enforcement
Industrial property (general)
Geographical indications
Industrial designs
Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
Patents (including plant variety protection)
Trademarks
Undisclosed information
Other
3. Notification status
First notification
Amendment or revision to notified legal text(s)
Replacement or consolidation of legal text(s)
Previous notification(s) referred to if known
Uncertain
Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on patents, supplementary protection certificates and on alterations of and additions to certain laws, as amended (The Patent Act) (IP/N/1/SVK/6, IP/N/1/SVK/P/6 - 13/03/2024)
Act No. 517/2007 Coll. on utility models and on alterations of and additions to certain laws, as amended (IP/N/1/SVK/8, IP/N/1/SVK/P/7 - 13/03/2024)
Consolidated text of Act No. 517/2007 Coll. on Utility Models and on Amendment of Some Acts, amended by Act No. 495/2008 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/I/7 - 16/12/2011)
Consolidated text of Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates and on Amendment of Some Acts as Amended (The Patent Act) as amended by Act No. 402/2002 Coll., Act No. 84/2007 Coll., Act No. 517/2007 Coll., Act No. 495/2008 Coll., and Act No. 202/2009 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/P/5 - 16/12/2011)
Consolidated text of Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates and on Amendment of Some Acts as Amended (The Patent Act) as amended by Act No. 402/2002 Coll., Act No. 84/2007 Coll. and Act No. 517/2007 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/P/3 - 20/11/2008)
Consolidated text of Act No. 517/2007 Coll. on Utility Models and on Amendment of Some Acts (IP/N/1/SVK/P/4 - 20/11/2008)
Act No. 402/2002 Coll. Amending Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates and on Amendment of Some Acts as Amended (The Patent Act) (IP/N/1/SVK/P/2 - 13/04/2004)
Law Nº 132/189 Coll. on the Protection of Rights to New Plants and Animal Breeds (IP/N/1/SVK/P/1 - 24/08/1999)
[Not Applicable] (IP/N/1/SVK/2/Add.1 - 08/11/1996)
Law on Utility Models, No. 478 of 24 September 1992 (IP/N/1/SVK/I/5 - 18/06/1996)
Law on Patent Agents, No. 237 of 17 May 1991 (IP/N/1/SVK/I/4 - 14/06/1996)
Act No. 506/2009 Coll. on Trade Marks (IP/N/1/SVK/5, IP/N/1/SVK/T/8 - 13/03/2024)
Act No. 469/2003 Coll. on designations of origin for a product and geographical indications for a product and on alterations of and additions to certain laws, as amended (IP/N/1/SVK/7, IP/N/1/SVK/G/5 - 13/03/2024)
Act no. 469/2003 Coll. on designations of origin for products and geographical indications for products and on amendment of some acts, amended by Act No. 84/2007 Coll., Act No. 279/2007 Coll. and Act No. 395/2009 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/G/4 - 21/12/2011)
Act No. 618/2003 Coll. on copyright and rights related to copyright (Copyright Act) as amended (IP/N/1/SVK/C/2 - 19/12/2011)
Consolidated text of Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs, as amended by Act No. 344/2004 Coll., Act No. 84/2007 Coll., and Act No. 495/2008 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/D/3 - 19/12/2011)
Act No. 300/2005 Coll. Criminal Code - Criminal acts against industrial property rights and copyright - Sections 281–283 (IP/N/1/SVK/E/1 - 16/12/2011)
Act No. 146/2000 Coll. on Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products as amended by Act No. 84/2007 Coll. (IP/N/1/SVK/L/3 - 16/12/2011)
Act No. 506/2009 Coll. on Trade Marks (IP/N/1/SVK/T/7 - 16/12/2011)
Consolidated text of Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs, as amended by Act No. 344/2004 Coll. and Act No. 84/2007 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/D/2 - 20/11/2008)
Consolidated text of Act No. 469/2003 Coll. on Designations of Origin for Products and Geographical Indications for Products and on Amendment of Some Acts, as amended by Act No. 84/2007 Coll. and Act No. 279/2007 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/G/3 - 20/11/2008)
Consolidated text of Act No. 55/1997 Coll. on Trademarks amended by Act No. 577/2001 Coll., Act No. 14/2004 Coll., Act No. 344/2004 Coll. and Act No. 84/2007 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/T/6 - 20/11/2008)
Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs (IP/N/1/SVK/D/1 - 07/09/2004)
Act No. 469/2003 Coll. on Designations of Origin for Products and Geographical Indications for Product and on Amendment of Some Acts (IP/N/1/SVK/G/2 - 07/09/2004)
Act No. 55/1997 Coll. on Trademarks as amended by Act No. 577/2001 Coll. and by Act No. 14/2004 Coll (IP/N/1/SVK/T/5 - 07/09/2004)
Act No. 146/2000 Coll. on Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (IP/N/1/SVK/L/2 - 08/04/2004)
Act No. 577/2001 Coll. Amending Act No. 55/1997 Coll. on Trademarks (IP/N/1/SVK/T/4 - 08/04/2004)
Copyright Act of 5 December 1997, No. 383/1997 (IP/N/1/SVK/C/1 - 11/03/1998)
Trademark Law of the Slovak Republic, No. 55 of 6 February 1997 (IP/N/1/SVK/T/3 - 07/07/1997)
Act on Civil Procedures (as amended) (No. 99) of 4 December 1963) (IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1 - 02/10/1996)
Act on Civil Procedures (as amended) Act on Administrative Procedures (as amended) (No. 71 of 29 June 1967) (IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1 - 02/10/1996)
Act on Administrative Fees (as amended) (No. 145 of July 1995) (IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1 - 02/10/1996)
Act on Measures concerning Protection of Industrial Property (No. 90 of 25 March 1993) (IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1 - 02/10/1996)
Act No. 392/1992 LC - Penal Code on the wording of the Act. No. 177/1993 LC and Act No. 248/1994 LC (IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1 - 02/10/1996)
Act No. 47/1992 LC - Civil Code (IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1 - 02/10/1996)
Law on Inventions, Industrial Designs and Rationalization Proposals, No. 527 of 27 November 1990 (IP/N/1/SVK/I/2 - 22/07/1996)
Trademark Law, No. 174 of 8 November 1988 (IP/N/1/SVK/T/1 - 11/07/1996)
Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on Measures Covering Discoveries, No. 185 of 8 July 1994 (IP/N/1/SVK/I/3 - 18/06/1996)
Law on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products, No. 529 of 3 December 1991 (IP/N/1/SVK/L/1 - 18/06/1996)
Decree of the Office for Inventions and Discoveries on the Procedure Relating to Trademarks, No. 187 of 8 November 1988 (IP/N/1/SVK/T/2 - 13/06/1996)
Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic about the Measures Covering Industrial Property, No. 90 of 25 March 1993 (IP/N/1/SVK/I/1 - 12/06/1996)
[Not Applicable] (IP/N/1/SVK/I/2 - 12/06/1996)
Decree on the Procedure in Matters of Inventions and Industrial Designs, No. 550 of 11 December 1990 (IP/N/1/SVK/I/6 - 12/06/1996)
Law concerning the Protection of Appellations of Origin of Products, No. 159 of 12 December 1973 (IP/N/1/SVK/G/1 - 10/06/1996)
Order of the Office of Inventions and Discoveries concerning the Procedure in respect of Appellations of Origin of Products, No. 160 of 13 December 1973 (IP/N/1/SVK/G/1 - 10/06/1996)
4. Title of law or regulation
Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on patents, supplementary protection certificates and on alterations of and additions to certain laws, as amended (The Patent Act)
5. Nature of notification
Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation (Main laws and regulations must be notified in a WTO language (English, French or Spanish). Where an authentic national text of a law or regulation is not available in a WTO language, the authentic text of that law or regulation in a national language shall be notified, in addition to the translation into a WTO language.)
Other law or regulation (Other laws and regulations can be notified in a Member's national language)
6. Brief description
Amendment: 402/2002 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. Amendment: 84/2007 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. Amendment: 517/2007 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. Amendment: 495/2008 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. Amendment: 125/2016 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. Amendment: 242/2017 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. (in force from 1 January 2018) Amendment: 242/2017 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. (in force from 1 January 2019) Amendment: 291/2018 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. The Slovak law on patents contains provisions of substantive patent law, provisions of procedural law applicable before the national Industrial Property Office, provisions dealing with enforcement of patent rights and a complex part dealing with the implementation of the European Patent Convention. The Patent Act is fully in line with the international obligations of the Slovak Republic and with the relevant EU legislation (Directive 98/44/EC; Directive 2004/48/EC; and Directive 2004/27/EC). The Slovak law on patents has been amended various times since 2001. Some of the amendments were based on the transposition of relevant EU Directives or connected with the accession of the Slovak Republic to the EU. Subsequent amendments focused on updates coming from the application of the procedural provision in the praxis, on strengthening the provisions dealing with employee regimes and on strengthening the enforcement of the rights.
7. Date of entry into force
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8. Other date
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9. Other information (if applicable)
See also: IP/N/1/EEC/E/4 (Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights) IP/N/1/EU/U/4 (Directive 2004/27/EC of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use) and IP/N/1/EEC/P/4 (Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions)
10. Contact information of agency or authority responsible
Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic Švermova 43 974 04 Banská Bystrica Email: infocentrum@indprop.gov.sk
11. Link to Legal text
https://ip-documents.info/2024/IP/SVK/24_01619_00_e.pdf
12. Notes
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