Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
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Today in Ljubljana, a two day international workshop on intellectual property (IP) valuation began. Slovenia is among the first countries in Europe to approach this field systematically.
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Slovenia recorded its third consecutive year of growth in patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2024. With growth surpassing the EU average, a strong presence of women inventors and high adoption of the Unitary Patent, Slovenia continues to demonstrate a dynamic innovation environment and the significance of its expertise within the EU patent landscape.
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On 13 and 14 January 2025, a delegation from the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office visited the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property. The visit took place within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the two offices in Ljubljana in March 2024, with the main objective of exchanging good practices and strengthening cooperation in the field of industrial property.
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International Conference on Geographical Indications and Collective Marks successfully concluded
On 25 and 26 November 2024, we hosted the international conference Geographical Indications and Collective Marks: Tradition, Quality, and Identity for Sustainable Competitiveness at Congress Centre Brdo.
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Launch of the international conference on geographical indications and collective trademarks
The two-day international conference "Geographical Indications and Collective Marks: tradition, quality and identity for sustainable competitiveness" opened today at Brdo pri Kranju. The event brings together experts and representatives of institutions from Slovenia and abroad to discuss the importance of these rights for tourism, gastronomy and economic development.
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Disruption of Slovenian Intellectual Property Office services
Please be advised that due to a planned data migration and systems upgrade, there will be disruption to our services from Thursday 17 October 2024 until Sunday 27 October 2024.
The main tasks of the Office include the following: carrying out proceedings for granting patents and supplementary protection certificates for medicinal and plant-protection products and proceedings for the registration of trademarks, designs, topographies of integrated circuits and geographical indications, with the exception of those relating to agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines and other products obtained from grapes or wine; keeping registers of industrial property rights; drafting of proposals for amendments of legislation in the field of intellectual property; information services relating to industrial property rights; issuance of authorisations for collective management of copyright and related rights and supervision of their operations; representation of the Republic of Slovenia in foreign and international organisations in the field of intellectual property on the basis of the authorisation issued by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia; and publication of the Official Bulletin on Industrial Property. The Office performs administrative and technical tasks for the Conciliation Board, which operates pursuant to the Employment Related Inventions Act and which is responsible for the settlement of disputes between employers and employees concerning employment-related inventions. The Office provides administrative assistance to the Copyright Board. It also provides administrative assistance to mediators in settling disputes between collective management organisations and representative associations of users of protected works, users and rigthholders, and in case of alternative dispute resolution regarding multi-territorial licensing between collective management organisation and online service providers or between one or more rightholders or other collective management organization.
