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IP/N/1/SVK/P/7  
 
13 March  2024 
(24-2292)  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. 517/2007 COLL. ON UTILITY MODELS AND ON  
ALTERATIONS OF AND ADDITIONS TO CERTAIN LAWS, AS AMENDED  
Notifying Member  SLOVAK REPUBLIC  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Act No. 517/2007 Coll. on utility models and on alterations of and additions 
to certain laws, as amended  
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_01621_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/I/7  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
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.  
Amendment: 55/2023 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
 
Utility model is a traditional nationa l IP title connected with technical inventions. Unlike patents, 
utility models can be obtained in faster procedure, however without novelty and inventor step being 
examined ex officio  before registration. The registration procedure allows for opposition be fore 
registration and for invalidity proceedings after registration.  
 
The Slovak law on utility models has been amended various times since 2007. These 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  IP/N/1/SVK/8 • IP/N/1/SVK/P/7  
 
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  Entry into force  1 April 2023  
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 Counci l 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 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  