Slovakia IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names

Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava.

Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, UN, OECD, WTO, UNESCO and other international organizations.

General Information

Capital:

Bratislava

Population:

5.3 Million

Languages:

Slovak

Government Type:

Parliamentary Republic

Dialing Code:

+421

Timezone:

GMT +1

Monetary Unit:

Euro (€) (EUR)

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International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works)
PCT (Patents)
PLT (Patent Law Treaty)
Madrid Agreement (False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods)
Madrid Agreement (International Registration of Marks)
Madrid Protocol (International Registration of Marks)
Nice Agreement (International Classification of Goods and Services)
Lisbon Agreement (Appellations of Origin)
Rome Convention (Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations)
Locarno Agreement (International Classification for Industrial Designs)
Strasbourg Agreement (International Patent Classification)
Geneva Convention (Unauthorised Duplication of Phonograms)
Budapest Treaty (Deposit of Micro-organisms)
TLT (Trademarks)
WCT (WIPO Copyright Treaty)
WPPT (WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty)
WTO: Member and Signatory to TRIPS Agreement
Member of CEFTA
Member of UCC
Member of UPOV

Patents

Types of Patents:
- Patents of Invention
- Patents of PCT

Filing requirements:
- Name and address of the applicant;
- Name and address of the inventor;
- Power of attorney;
- A document showing the right to the patent, if the applicant is not the inventor, can be filed after the filing date;
- Specification and claims(in English, German or French, to be translated), 2 copies;
- Drawings: 1 original, 3 copies;
- Priority document(if any), to be filed only on the request of the Patent Office;
- Assignment of priority right, if the applicant in the Slovak application is not the same as the first applicant, to be filed only on the request of Patent Office;

Granting:
- Twenty years from the filing date;

Renewals:
- Information was not found;

Trademarks

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney;
- Name and address of applicant;
- List of goods(in English, German or French);
- 5 copies of the mark, not required for marks in block letters;
- Priority document(if any), the priority date must be mentioned in the application;

Granting:
- Ten years;

Renewals:
- For furthers periods of ten years;

Designs and Models

Filing requirements:
- Name and address of the applicant;
- Name and address of the creator of design;
- Power of attorney;
- 6 reproductions of the design;
- Description is not usually required and its filing is optional;
- Priority document( to be filed within three months from the date of filing of the Slovak application) and an assignment of priority rights if the applicant in the Slovak Republic is not identical with the first applicant

Granting:
- Five years;

Renewals:
- Information was not found;

Copyrights

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

As a member of the Berne Convention, it is possible to copyright protect creative works in this country, as well as all the other member nations automatically (more than 160 countries), with one single application.

For more information and to submit us your works for worldwide copyright protection, click here.

Domain Names

Domain extension:

.sk

Requirements:
-The owner must be a company registered in Slovakia,

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Slovakia IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names