IP/N/1/HRV/O/6  
 
4 July 2013  
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/anglais/inglés  
  
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
C
ROATIA  
This document reproduces the text1 of the Regulations on the Pr otection of Topographies of 
Semiconductor Products - Regulations Supplem enting the Regulations on Protection of 
Topographies of Semiconductor Products, as notified by the Republic of Croatia on 8 May 2013 
under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/HRV/5). 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
C
ROATIE  
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement sur la protection des topographies de 
semi-conducteurs – Règlement complétant le Règlement sur la protection des topographies de semi-conducteurs, notifié par la République de Croatie le 8 mai 2013 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/HRV/5). 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
 
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
CROACIA  
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de Protección de las Topografías 
de Productos Semiconductores - Reglamento complementario del Reglamento de Protección de las Topografías de Productos Semiconductores, notificado por la República de Croacia el 8 de mayo 
de 2013 en virtud de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el 
documento IP/N/1/HRV/5).  
                                               
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 REGULATIONS ON THE 
PROTECTION  
OF TOPOGRAPHIES OF 
SEMICONDUCTOR 
PRODUCTS 
 
 
 
REGULATIONS 
SUPPLEMENTING THE REGULATIONS  
ON PROTECTION OF TOPOGRAPHIES  
OF SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS*  
 
 
NN 72/2004, in force from June, 1 2004 
*NN 117/2007, in force from June, 1 2008 
 
Zagreb, December 2007 
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OF TOPOGRAPHIES OF SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS 
 
 
Article 1 
These Regulations shall regulate in detail 
particular issues under the Law on the Protection 
of Topographies of Semiconductor Products in 
relation to the procedures 
conducted before the 
State Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter 
referred to as: the Office). 
 
FORM AND DIRECTIONS FOR  
FILING  APPLICATION 
Article 2 
(1) The application of the topography shall be 
filed in two copies and in person or by mail. 
(2) Request for the registration of a topography 
shall contain: 
1. express indication that a registration of a 
topography has been claimed, 
2. name or mark of the topography, 3. information identifying the applicant: 
surname, family name, residence 
and 
nationality in case of a natural person, or 
company’s name and head office in case of a legal person, 
4. where the topography was created under 
employment: surname, family name and 
residence of the creator of 
the 
topography, 
5. information identifying the 
representative, if any: surname, family 
name, residence and nationality in case 
of a natural person, or company’s name 
and 
head office, in case of a legal person 
- the registration number with the Office, 
6. Address for correspondence, telephone 
number, facsimile number and electronic 
address, if any, 
7. 
indication of the attached statement 
concerning: 
– common representative for the 
purpose 
of correspondence, in case of 
several applicants having no 
representative, or in case one applicant 
having several representatives, 
entering his/her address in the relevant box for correspondence, 
– initial date of the first commercial 
 use 
of the topography where commercially used prior to date of filing of the 
application, except in case such an use  was carried out subject to the 
conditions of confidentiality, 
8. indication that the parts of application of 
the topography shall be deemed a trade secret, 
9. indication of the essential elements and 
attachments accompanying the request 
for registration of the topography, 
such 
as: 
– number of pages of the short 
description 
of characteristic features of 
electronic function or function of the semiconductor product manufactured according to the topography as the 
subject matter under the application, 
– kind and quantity of the materials 
identifying or illustrating the 
topography, 
– number of samples of 
 the 
semiconductor product manufactured 
according to the topography as the 
subject matter under the application, 
– kind of data medium of the topography 
(magnetic, optical or other), 
– printout of data on the topography 
(computer file printout used for 
the 
manufacture of the semiconductor product containing the topography as the subject matter under the application), if any, 
– description of the topography, if any. 
10. Indication of additional attachments 
concerning: 
– evidence on the payment of 
administrative 
fees and extra costs of 
procedure for the registration of the 
topography in accordance with special provisions, 
– appended power 
 of attorney, in case a 
representative has been appointed, 
– appended additional sheets featuring information identifying other applicants 
of topography, if any, 
– appended additional sheets featuring 
information identifying other creators 
of the topography, if any, 
– other attachments, if any. 
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topography, his/her representative and 
the seal, if any, 
12. power of attorney, in case the 
representative has been appointed. 
(3) Request for the registration of the 
topography shall 
be filed on the T-1 form. 
The T-1 form is an integral part of the application of the topography. 
(4) Where the space provided in a single box 
under the T-1 form in insufficient for the 
registration 
of all the data, the remaining 
data shall be filed, indicating the relevant reference of the box, as a supplement to the T-1 form. 
(5) The Office shall deliver to the applicant of 
the topography a second specimen 
of the 
completed T-1 form evidencing the receipt of the application. 
(6) The Office shall not verify the veracity of 
data provided for under a request for the 
registration of the topography.  
MATERIAL IDENTIFYING OR  
ILLUSTRATING TOPOGRAPHY 
Article 3 
(1) For the purpose of identifying or illustrating 
the topography, the material pursuant to 
Article 7, paragraph (7), 
subparagraph e) of 
the Law on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (“Official Gazette”, number 173/03) shall be filed with 
the application. 
(2) The material pursuant to paragraph (1) of 
this Article 
shall evidently and under 
sufficient distinction disclose single layers of 
the topography and the sequences thereof. Any photographic representation featuring a 
single unity shall be to the same scale. 
(3) The material pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 
(3) under the Law may be attached to the 
material pursuant to paragraph (1) 
of this 
Article.  
TRADE SECRETS 
Article 4 
(1) The applicant may mark as a trade secret 
the material or a part of the materials pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (1) of 
these 
Regulations. The parts of the material so 
marked under the application may not as a 
rule comprise the material as a whole, but only a definite number of drawings and photographic representations; such parts shall be filed as a separate part of the application. The subject material shall be marked by character “S”. 
(2) The material marked as a trade secret 
pursuant to paragraph (1) of this Article 
may 
also be filed, besides the procedure provided under paragraph (1) of this Article, as two different specimens, one specimen in the original for the inspection under the 
procedure for a declaration of invalidity and 
infringement of rights; and the second specimen for the purpose of general inspection with the relevant parts made unrecognisable by erasure or shading.  
(3) A part of the material made unrecognisable 
may comprise up to 90% of 
the total surface 
of drawings and photographic representations pursuant to Article 3., paragraph (1) of these Regulations. A party may inspect (general inspection) such materials only in the presence of the 
responsible person at the Office and take 
notes only by hand. Taking photographs, making photocopies or any other duplication shall not be permitted. 
(4) For inspecting the materials pursuant to 
paragraph (2) 
of this Article a request shall 
be filed in writing and the evidence on the paid adequate administrative fees and extra costs of procedure.  
THE LANGUAGE OF APPLICATION 
Article 5  
(1) The application of topography shall be filed 
in the Croatian language and Latin script. 
(2) The use of technical terms from a foreign 
language shall be accepted only in case they 
are habitual in the area to which these Regulations apply.  
 
GENERAL PROVISION 
Article 6 
The provisions under the Regulations on patents 
shall apply mutatis mutandis to keeping 
of the 
Register of topographies.  
EXPIRATION OF OTHER PROVISIONS 
Article 7 
Upon the entry into force of these Regulations the provisions 
under the Law on Layout Designs 
of Integrated Circuits (“Official Gazette” number 
146/99) and the pertinent forms as an integral part of these Regulations shall expire.  
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REGULATIONS 
Article 8 
These Regulations shall enter into force on the 
date of the publication thereof in the “Official Gazette”. 
 
    
 
   
  
SUPPLEMENTING THE REGULATI ONS ON PROTECTION OF 
TOPOGRAPHIES OF SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS 
 
 
Article 1 
In the Regulations on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products 
(Official 
Gazette”, No. 72/2004), below article 5, 
a new title and Article 5a are added which read: 
 
“APPEAL PROCEEDINGS 
Article 5a 
(1) Appeal proceedings are initiated by 
submitting the appeal to the Board of Appeal. 
(2) The appeal referred to in paragraph 1 of this 
Article shall contain: 
1. express indication that the appeal is 
being submitted, 
2. data on the appellant, for natural 
persons: name, surname and 
domicile, 
and for legal persons: the company name and the seat, 
3. classification number of the decree 
which is appealed, 
4. registration number of the topography 
application or of the topography, 
  
      
 
     
 
  5. indication on whether the decree is 
appealed in its entirety or certain parts thereof, and explained reasons for the 
appeal, together with 
the necessary 
evidence. 
 (3) The proof on the paid administrative fee and 
costs of appeal proceedings shall 
be 
submitted along with the appeal, or the proof on the grounds of which the 
exemption form the duty to pay 
administrative fees and costs of proceedings is requested. 
(4) The appeal shall be submitted in two copies 
directly or 
shall be sent to the Office by 
mail; thought the Secretariat referred to in 
Article 91, paragraph 5 of the Patent Act 
(“Official Gazette”, Nos. 173/2003, 87/2005 and 76/2007), the Office will forward the appeal to the Board of Appeal.” 
 
Article 2 
These regulations shall enter into force on 1 June 2008. 
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