États-Unis d'Amérique

Slovénie

Moyens de faire respecter les DPI

4. Please explain any provisions in the enforcement system in Slovenia that ensure expeditious remedies. In addition, please explain what provisions are available to prevent deliberate delays by the parties to a proceeding and indicate the circumstances in which such provisions will be applied.

All the intellectual property cases have to be dealt with expeditiously, and thus have priority over other civil or commercial suits (Industrial Property Law, Article 98). A procedure in which a provisional measure is sought has to be treated urgently (Courts Act, Article 83). Deliberate delays caused by the parties can be prevented via several procedural safeguards – for instance summary judgement (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 332), fines for abuse of procedural rights (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 316), and many others.