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Trademarks
- Paris Convention
- Madrid Agreement
- PCT Convention
- Budapest Treaty
- Hague Agreement
- Lisbon Agreement
2. Trademark Law entered into force on 1 January 2004
3. Patent Law entered into force on 1 January 2004
4. Law on Design entered into force on 1 January 2004
5. Copyright and related Rights Law entered into force on 30 October 2003
6. Geographical Indications Law entered into force on 1 January 2004
7. Law on the protection of topographies of Integrated Circuits entered into force on 1 January 2004
Trademarks
Filing the Application – Requirements:
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- Name and address of the Applicant
- Representation of the Mark
- List of goods and services according to Nice Classification
8th edition (Classes 1-45)
- Priority date, country and number and the original Priority
document which can be submitted subsequently within three months
as from the Application date
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Applicant. PoA can be
submitted subsequently within two months as from the application
date. This term can be extended for an additional two months
Registration Procedure:
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- The Application is filed and examined with the State Intellectual
Property Office
- The Intellectual Property Office examines absolute grounds
for refusal
- The registration procedure takes approximately one year as from
the application date
- The Trademark Applications are published in the
Official Gazette. The Opposition against the Trademark Application
can be filed within three months as from the publication date
- Upon payment of ten years protection fees,
the Trademark is valid for 10 years as from the application date, unless
for revalidation, see below
- Upon payment of renewal fees the Trademark can be extended
for a further 10 years. The renewal fees can be paid during the last
year of the previous ten year protection period or up to six months after
the expiration date with a 100% fine of the renewal fees
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Revalidations of former Yugoslav Trademark Registrations keep the same renewal dates as the original former Yugoslav Trademarks
Recording changes in the Register:
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1. Assignment of rights
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Assignor
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Assignee
- Assignment document signed by the Assignor and the Assignee and
notarized by Notary Public
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney indicating the new name, simply signed by
a representative of the Company
a) Extract from the Company Registers showing the change
of name or
b) Statement of the Secretary of State showing the change of
name
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney indicating the new address, simply signed
by a representative of the Company
Patents
Filing a Conventional Application
– Requirements
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- Name and address of the Applicant
- Name and address of the Inventor(s) or the statement that the
Inventor does not wish to be mentioned in the Application
- Priority date, country and number
- Description of Patent
- Patent Claims
- Drawings (if any)
- Abstract – summary of the invention
- The document showing the assignment of rights from the Inventors
in favor of the Applicant, simply signed by the Inventors –
can be submitted subsequently, within two months as from the Application
date. This term can be extended for an additional two months
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Applicant – can
be submitted subsequently, within one month as from the Application
date. This term can be extended for an additional two months
- Priority document – can be submitted subsequently, within
two months as from the Application date. This term can be extended
for an additional two months
- The Application is to be filed within one year as from the priority
date
- Translation of specification, claims and abstract into local
language,
can be filed subsequently
Filing a National Phase of PCT Application –
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- Name and address of the Applicant
- Name and address of the Inventor(s) or the statement that the
Inventor does not wish to be mentioned in the Application
- Description of Patent
- Patent Claims
- Drawings (if any)
- Abstract – summary of the invention
- Priority date, country and number
- International Search report
- International Preliminary Examination Report for the applications
filed under the Chapter II of Patent Corporation Treaty
- PCT Request
- PCT Publication page
- The document showing the assignment of rights from the Inventors
in favor of the Applicant, simply signed by the Inventors –
can be submitted within two months as from the Application date.
This term can be extended for an additional two months
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Applicant – can
be submitted within one month as from the Application date. This
term can be extended for an additional two months
- Translation of specification, claims and abstract into local
language,
can be filed subsequently.
Time limits for filing a National phase of PCT Application
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- The Application is to be filed with the Office within 30 months
as from the Priority Application date.
Registration Procedure
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- The Applications are published in the Official
Gazette. Six months after the publication one of the following claims
should be filed with the Croatian Intellectual Property Office
a) Claim for substantive examination of the Patent Application;
b) Claim for examination of Patent Application based on the Patent
granted for the same invention by the institution bearing the status
of the International authority for evaluation of patents or
c) Claim for grant of the Patent without substantive examination
- 20 years as from the application date for
conventional Patents
- 20 years as from the International filing date for the National
phase of PCT patents
- petty patent is valid 10 years as from the application
date
- protection fees are to be paid annually, prior to expiration
of the year for which the protection fees have been paid or six
months after expiration of the protection period at the latest,
with 100% fine
Extension of the European Patent - requirements:
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European Patent Application filed after 1 April 2004 and designating Croatia
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Name and address of the Applicant
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Application date and number of the European Patent Application
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Registration date and number of the European Patent Application
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Translation of the Patent description and claims into Croatian
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Power of Attorney simply signed by the Applicant - can be submitted subsequently, within one month as from the Application date
Time limits for filing the Application for the extension of the European Patent
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The Application for the extension of the European Patent is to be filed within 3 months as from the date of publication of grant of the European
Patent
Recording changes in the Register:
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1. Assignment of rights
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Assignor
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Assignee
- Assignment document signed by the Assignor and the Assignee and
notarized by Notary Public
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney indicating the new name, simply signed by
a representative of the Company
a) Extract from the Company Registers showing the change
of name or
b) Statement of the Secretary of State showing the change of
name
3. Change of address
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney indicating the new address, simply signed
by a representative of the Company
Industrial Design
Filing the Application – Requirements
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- name and address of the Applicant
- name and address of the author or notice that the author chooses
not to be mentioned in the application
- information regarding the number of external shapes the protection
is requested for
- full and short title of the industrial design
- a two-dimensional presentation of the shape being the subject
of protection (photograph or a graphic presentation of the product
the protection is requested for)
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Applicant – can
be submitted within one month as from the Application date. This
term can be extended for an additional two months
Registration Procedure
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- The Office examines absolute grounds for refusal. The Applications
are published and the interested parties can file the opposition
against the Industrial Design Application within three months
as from the publication date. If the Application meets prescribed
requirements, the Office is issuing the Decision on grant
- The first five years protection fees are payable upon the grant
of the Industrial Design. The fees for each subsequent five years
are payable during the last year of the previous protection period or up to six months after the expiration of the fifth year with 100%
fine
- 20 years as from the Application Date
Recording changes in the Register:
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Requirements:
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Assignor
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the Assignee
- Assignment document signed by the Assignor and the Assignee and
notarized by Notary Public
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney indicating the new name, simply signed by
a representative of the Company
- a) Extract from the Company Registers showing the change
of name or
b) Statement of the Secretary of State showing the change of
name
Requirements:
- Power of Attorney indicating the new address, simply signed
by a representative of the Company
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