ACTS ON AMENDMENTS  
TO THE ACT  
 ON THE PROT ECTION 
OF TOPOGRA PHIES  
OF SEMICONDUCTOR 
PRODUCTS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
NN 46/2018, in force from May 26, 2018  
 
 
 
 
Zagreb,  May 2018  2 
May 2018   
   
ACT AMENDING  AND SUPPL EMENTING  THE PROTECTION  OF TOPOGRAPHIES  OF SEMICONDUCTOR  PRODUCTS  ACT 
3 
 May 2018   
  
 
 
ACT 
ON AMEN DMENTS  TO THE ACT ON THE 
PROTECTION  OF TOPOGRAP HIES OF 
SEMICO NDUCTOR  PRODUCTS  
 
Article 1  
In the Act on the Protection of Topographies of 
Semiconductor Products (»Official Gazette«, No. 
173/03, 76/07, 30/09 and 49/11), Article 6 shall 
be amended to read:  
»(1) The State Intellectual Property Office 
(hereinafter: the Office) shall carry out the 
administrative proceedings for registration of a 
topography and declaration of the decision on the registration of a topography null and void, and perform other administrative and professional t asks concerning the protection of 
the topographies of semiconductor products.  
(2) The decisions issued by the Office cannot be 
appealed, but an administrative dispute can be 
instituted before the Administrative Court in Zagreb.  
(3) The procedure referred t o in paragraph (2) 
of this Article is urgent.«.  
 
Article 2  
In Article 12, paragraph (2) shall be deleted.  
 
Article 3  
After the word: »contracts« in Article 23, the comma and the words: »the appeal, the appeal proceedings, the Boards of Appeal,«  shall be 
deleted.  
 
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS  
Article 4  
The Minister responsible for supervision of the work of the State Intellectual Property Office shall harmonise the Regulations on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (»Official Gazette«, No. 72/04, 117/07 
and 43/17) with the provisions of this Act within 
30 days from the day of the entry into force of 
this Act.   
 
 Article 5  
(1) Administrative procedures instituted by the  
provisions of the Act on the Protection of 
Topog raphies of Semiconductor Products 
(»Official Gazette«, No. 173/03, 76/07, 30/09 and 49/11) where the State Intellectual Property 
Office as the first instance authority issued the 
decision until the day of the entry into force of this Act shall be completed  in accordance with 
the provisions of that Act and the regulations issued pursuant to that Act.  
(2) Boards of Appeal in the field of industrial 
property rights established and appointed on 
the basis of the Patents Act (»Official Gazette«, No. 173/03, 54/05 , 87/05, 76/07, 30/09, 
128/10, 49/11 and 76/13) shall continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of 
that Act and the regulations issued pursuant to 
that Act until all the administrative procedures referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article are  
completed by reaching final decisions, after which they shall cease to operate.  
(3) If, because of dismissal of the president or members of the Boards of Appeal referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, it is not possible to determine the Board of App eal to decide on an 
appeal, the procedure of electing or appointing 
the president or necessary number of members 
of the Boards of Appeal can exceptionally be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Patents Act (»Official Gazette«, No. 173/03, 54/05, 87/05, 76/07, 30/09, 128/10, 49/11 and 76/13), for the needs of resolving the case 
referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article.  
 
Article 6  
This Act shall enter into force on the eighth day 
following the day of its publication in the 
»Official Gazette«.