INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN SLOVENIA

The Industrial Property Act, 2006 – is the primary law governing the mechanism of trademark registration and protection in Slovenia.
For getting a trademark registered in Slovenia, an application has to be filed with the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, which administers the entire trademark registration process.
It follows a 'first-to-file’ system, which means that trademark registration is mandatory for protection.
Slovenia follows the 11th edition of Nice Classification. Multi-class trademark applications are possible.
The third parties can file opposition actions against a trademark application within three (03) months from its date of publication in the Official Gazette.
In Slovenia, registered trademarks have a validity of ten (10) years from the date of application, which can be further renewed indefinitely for successive periods of ten (10) years each.
The grace period to renew a trademark after the date of expiry is six (06) months.
The term for cancellation of a registered trademark based on non-use is five (05) years from the date of registration.

Slovenia is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the European Patent Convention.
The Industrial Property Act, 2006 - deals with the mechanism of patent protection in Slovenia.
For seeking patent protection in Slovenia, an application has to be filed with the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, which administers the entire process of patent grant.
In Slovenia, an invention that satisfies the conditions of novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability, subjects to patentability. Process patent and product patent are the two types of patents that can be protected.
The types of patent applications that can be filed include Non-Convention Application and Convention Application.
In Slovenia, an opposition against a patent application cannot be raised at the pre-grant stage.
The patent of invention lasts for twenty (20) years in Slovenia. Annuities are due from the fourth and every following year from the filing date of the patent application.

The Industrial Property Act, 2006 - governs and deals with the mechanism of registration of industrial designs in Slovenia.
For getting an industrial design registered in Slovenia, an application has to be filed with the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, which administers the entire process of registration.
The types of industrial design applications that can be filed in Slovenia include Non-Convention Application and Convention Application.
Opposition against an industrial design application can't be raised in Slovenia.
A registered industrial design is valid for five (05) years from the date of filing of the application and may be extended four (04) times for successive periods of five (05) years each up to a total term of twenty-five (25) years.
There is a grace period of six (06) months for the late renewal of a registered industrial design.

Slovenia is a signatory to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
The Copyright and Related Rights Act (as amended up to October 22, 2016) - is the basic legislation governing copyright protection in Slovenia.
In Slovenia, copyright comes into existence as soon as the work is created. Slovenian legal system does not have a mandatory registration or recordation system for copyright and/or related rights. Registration is strictly voluntary. The main purpose of such registration is to preserve the evidence (or for other reasons) and establish legal presumption on ownership of rights.
Works of authors who died in 1950 or earlier belong to the public domain in Slovenia. Works of authors who died in 1951 or later are copyrighted.
Copyright lasts for the life of the author and seventy (70) years after his death, unless provided otherwise.
With a work of joint authorship, the expiration date is seventy (70) years after the death of author who died last.
Protection of musical works with words expire seventy (70) years after the death of the last surviving author of music or author of the text, regardless of whether they are designated as co-authors.
Copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works runs for seventy (70) years after the lawful disclosure of the work. If the pseudonym leaves no doubt about who is the author, or the author reveals his identity during the period of seventy (70) years, protection is for the author's life plus seventy (70) years.