Legislation

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)

Law No. 90/1993 Coll. on Measures Concerning Industrial Property as amended (Law 90/1993 – Slovak version)

Act No. 145/1995 Coll. on Administrative Fees as amended (Act No. 145/1995 – Slovak version; extract of fees concerning industrial property rights (PDF, 110,9 kB))

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)

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)