IP/N/1/SVK/6  
IP/N/1/SVK/P/6  
 
13 March  2024 
(24-2291) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
SLOVAK REPUBLIC : ACT NO. 435/2001 COLL. ON PATENTS, SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION 
CERTIFICATES AND ON ALTERATIONS OF AND ADDITIONS TO CERTAIN LAWS,  
AS AMENDED (THE PATENT ACT)  
Notifying Member  SLOVAK REPUBLIC  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on patents, supplementary protection certificates 
and on alterations of and additions to certain laws, as amended (The Patent 
Act) 
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2024/IP/SVK/24_01619_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/SVK/P/5  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
Amendment: 402/2002 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: 84/2007 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: 517/2007 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: 495/2008 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: 125/2016 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: 242/2017 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. (in force from 1 January 2018)  
Amendment: 242/2017 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep. (in force from 1 January 2019)  
Amendment: 291/2018 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep . 
The Slovak law on pate nts contains provisions of substantive patent law, provisions of procedural 
law applicable before the national Industrial Property Office, provisions dealing with enforcement 
of patent rights and a  complex part dealing with the implementation of the Europe an Patent 
Convention.  
The Patent Act is fully in line with the international obligations of the Slovak Republic and with the 
relevant EU legislation (Directive 98/44/EC; Directive 2004/48/EC; and Directive 2004/27/EC).  
The Slovak law on patents has been amended various times since 2001.  IP/N/1/SVK/6 • IP/N/1/SVK/P/6  
 
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  Some of the amendments were based on the transposition of relevant EU Directives or connected 
with the accession of the Slovak Republic to the EU. Subsequent amendments focused on updates 
coming from the application of the procedural provision in the praxis, on strengthening the 
provisions dealing with employee regimes and on strengthening the enforcement of the rights.  
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  14 January 2019  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  18 January 2024  
Other information  See also:  
IP/N/1/EEC/E/4  
(Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights)  
 
IP/N/1/EU/U/4  
(Directive 2004/27/EC of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/83/EC  
on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use)  
 
and 
 
IP/N/1/EEC/P/4  
(Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions)  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic  
Švermova 43  
974 04 Banská Bystrica  
 
Email:  infocentrum@indprop.gov.sk  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
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