Slovakia: Business Environment
Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
Patent Patent Act (Act no435/2001) |
20 years |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
Trademark Act No. 506/2009 Coll. on Trade marks |
10 years, renewable for a successive period of 10 years. |
Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
Design Law on Inventions, Industrial Designs and Rationalization Proposals (No. 527 of November 27, 1990) and law n°444/2002 on designs. |
5 years, renewable for four further 5-year periods with a maximum of 25 years. | |
Copyright Law on copyright (law n°618/2003 of 4 December 2003) |
During the author's life and 70 years after his death. |
Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
Industrial Models Law on Inventions, Industrial Designs and Rationalization Proposals (No. 527 of November 27, 1990) |
When the validity of the registration expires or if the owner of the industrial model renounces his rights. |
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