Legislation in force
Patents
Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on patents, supplementary protection certificates and on amendment of other acts (The Patent Act) as amended (Act No. 435/2001 - Slovak version)
Decree No. 223/2002 Coll. implementing the Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on patents, supplementary protection certificates and on amendment of other acts (The Patent Act) as amended (Decree No. 223/2002 - Slovak version).
Trademarks
Act No 506/2009 Coll. on Trade marks as amended (Act No 506/2009 - Slovak version)
Decree No. 567/2009 Coll. implementing the Act No. 506/2009 Coll. on Trade marks as amended (Decree No. 567/2009 - Slovak version)
Designs
Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs as amended (Act No. 444/2002 - Slovak version)
Decree No. 629/2002 Coll. implementing the Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs as amended (Act No. 629/2002 - Slovak version)
Utility Models
Act No. 517/2007 Coll. on Utility Models and on Amendment of Some Acts as amended (Act No. 517/2007 - Slovak version)
Decree No 1/2008 Coll. implementing the Act No. 517/2007 Coll. on Utility Models and on Amendment of Some Acts as amended (Decree No. 1/2008 - Slovak version)
Designations of origin/Geographical Indications
Act No. 469/2003 Coll. on Designations of Origin for Products and Geographical Indications for Products and on Amendment of Some Acts as amended (Act No. 469/2003 - Slovak version)
Topographies of semiconductor products
Act No. 146/2000 Coll. on Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products as amended (Act No. 146/2000 – Slovak version)
Other industrial property related legislation
Act No. 495/2008 Coll. on Maintenance Fee for the Patent, Maintenance Fee for the European Patent with Effects for the Slovak Republic and the Maintenance Fee for the Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal and Plant Protection Products and on Amendment of Some Acts as amended (Act No. 495/2008 – Slovak version)
Law No. 527/1990 Coll. on Inventions, Industrial Designs and rationalisation Proposals as amended (Law No. 527/1990 - Slovak Version)
Act No. 344/2004 Coll. on Patent Representatives as amended (Act No. 344/2004 - Slovak version (PDF, 188,1 kB))
Act No. 486/2013 Coll. concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (Act No. 486/2013 - Slovak version)