WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1
2October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3963)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Slovak Republic
Revision
Bymeans ofacommunication fromthePermanent Mission oftheSlovak Republic totheUnited
Nations Office andotherInternational Organizations atGeneva, dated 27June1996, theSlovak Republic
hascomplemented itsnotification under Article 63.2oftheAgreement withalistof"other lawsand
regulations".
Thepresent document reproduces acorresponding revision ofthenotification fromtheSlovak
Republic.IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1
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ANNEX I
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
1. LawoftheNational Council oftheSlovak Republic about theMeasures Covering Industrial
Property, No.90of25March 1993.1
2. Law concerning theProtection ofAppellations ofOrigin ofProducts, No.159of
12December 1973 andOrder oftheOffice ofInventions andDiscoveries concerning theProcedure
inrespect ofAppellations ofOrigin ofProducts, No.160of13December 1973.2
3. Trademark Law, No.174of8November 1988.3
4. Law onInventions, Industrial Designs andRationalization Proposals, No. 527of
27November 1990.1
5. LawoftheNationalCounciloftheSlovakRepubliconMeasuresCoveringDiscoveries,No.185
of8July1994.1
6. LawonPatent Agents, No.237of17May1991.1
7. Law ontheProtection ofTopographies ofSemiconductor Products, No. 529of
3December 1991.4
8. LawonUtility Models, No.478of24September 1992.1
9. Decree ontheProcedure inMatters ofInventions andIndustrial Designs, No.550of
11December 1990.1
10. Decree oftheOffice forInventions andDiscoveries ontheProcedure Relating toTrademarks,
No.187of8November 1988.3
N.B. Amendment oftheActonTrademarks isunder preparation andwillbenotified subsequently
afterapproval.
1Tobedistributed asdocuments IP/N/1/SVK/I/1-6
2Tobedistributed asdocument IP/N/1/SVK/G/1
3Tobedistributed asdocuments IP/N/1/SVK/T/1 and2
4Tobedistributed asdocument IP/N/1/SVK/L/1IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1
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ANNEX II
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS
(pertaining tothesubject matter oftheTRIPS Agreement)
TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Civil Judicial Procedures andRemedies
ActonCivil Procedures (asamended)
(No.99)of4December 1963)
TheLawentered intoforce asfrom
1April 1964TheActestablishes thebasic procedures for
civiljudicial proceedings andprovides for
fairandequitable protection oftherights and
impartial interests ofparties. Under thisAct
theciviljudicial authorities dealwithcases
concerning civillaw,labour, family and
economic relations. Regional courts asthe
courts offirstinstance havetheauthority
overIPRcases. TheActcontains alsorules
onadministrative justice proceedings
concerned withreview ofdecisions taken by
public andstateadministrative bodies.
Provisional Judicial Measures
ActonCivil Procedures (asamended)
ActonAdministrative Procedures (as
amended) (No.71of29June1967)
TheActentered intoforce asfrom
1January 1968These Actscontain provisions onprovisional
(preliminary) measures, preventing a
violation ofIPRs, applicable tociviland
administrative procedures.
Other Administrative Procedures
ActonAdministrative Procedures (as
amended) (No.71of29June1967)
TheActentered intoforce asfrom
1January 1968TheActadministers procedures, whereby
stateadministrative bodies andagencies take
decisions onrights, interests protected by
rights andobligations ofnatural andjuridicial
persons. Provisions oftheActapply tothe
proceedings before theIndustrial Property
Office.
ActonAdministrative Fees(asamended)
(No.145ofJuly1995)
TheActentered intoforce asfrom
1August 1995TheActprovides forpayment of
administrative feescharged foradministrative
actsrelated toIPRs.IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
ActonMeasures concerning Protection of
Industrial Property (No.90of
25March 1993)
TheActentered intoforce asfrom
28April 1993TheActcontains provisions ontheliabilities
oftheIndustrial Property Office and
transitional provisions onmaintaining inforce
industrial property rights ontheterritory of
theSlovak Republic.
Paragraphs oftheCivil Code andthePenal
Code related toIntellectual Property Rights
Protection
ActNo.392/1992 LC-Penal Code onthe
wording oftheAct.No.177/1993 LCand
ActNo.248/1994 LC§150
Violation oftrademarks rights,
business name rights andappellation of
origin rights
According tothisparagraph ofthePenal
Code, theperson whointroduced in
circulation suchgoods orwhoprovides such
services which aredesignated byamarking
identical toatrademark, where theexclusive
owner oftherights isanother person, or
which aredesignated byamarking which is
easily interchangeable withthetrademark,
shallbepunished byimprisonment ofupto
oneyearorbyafineorbysequestration of
thething. Thesame punishment applies to
theperson, who:
(a)usesabusiness name oranyappellation
which isinterchangeable withthe
business name andisnotauthorised to
suchasuse,or
(b)introduces intocirculation products which
areillegitimately designated byan
appellation oforigin, where theexclusive
owner ofthisappellation oforigin is
another person, orwhich aredesignated
byanappellation oforigin which is
easily interchangeable, inorder toprofit
therefrom.IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Paragraphs oftheCivil Code andthePenal
Code related toIntellectual Property Rights
Protection (cont'd)§151
Violation ofindustrial property rights
Theperson whoillegitimately interferes with
therights toapatent, industrial design,
utility model ortopography ofa
semiconductor shallbepunished by
imprisonment ofuptothree years orbya
fine.
§152
Violation ofauthor 'srights
1.Theperson whoillegitimately treats a
work protected byauthor 'srights orthe
achievement ofanartist, asound orvideo
registration orradio ortelevision program
which areprotected byarightsimilar to
author 'srights inawaywhich isreserved to
theauthor, artist, theproducer ofthesound
orvideo record, theradio ortelevision
diffuser ortoanother person entitled tothese
rights orwhoviolates therights inadifferent
way, shallbepunished byimprisonment of
uptotwoyears, orfineorsequestration of
thething.
2.Theoffender shallbepunished by
imprisonment from sixmonths tofiveyears,
afineorasequestration ofthething provided
that:
(a)hisactdescribed insubsection 1has
resulted inasignificant profit or
(b)hehascommitted theacttoasignificant
extent.IP/N/1/SVK/1/Rev.1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
ActNo.47/1992 LC-Civil Code §1
Legal relations between citizens andtheir
protection
Theregulation ofthelegalrelations between
citizens contributes totheimplementation of
therights andliberties ofthecitizens, in
particular totheprotection ofthepersonality
andtheinviolability oftheproperty.
TheCivil Code regulates property
relationships between natural andjudicial
persons, property relationships between these
persons andtheState, including therelations
ensuing from therightofthepersons tobe
protected, unless these relations arenot
governed byother legislation.
Thelegalrelations ensuing from theresults
ofintellectual creative activity aregoverned
byspecial legislation.