On June 28, 2023, the National Assembly of Slovenia adopted an amendment to the Industrial Property Act – ZIL-1F, which enters into force on July 27, 2023.
In the area of trademarks, parties will achieve the cancellation or a declaration of invalidity of the trademark quicker and cheaper in the administrative procedure before the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter: SIPO) and not in a court procedure as before.
In the field of patents, there are new provisions regarding the patent with unitary effect (hereinafter: EPU), in accordance with the ratified Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, which Slovenia has ratified and which entered into force on June 1, 2023.
Below please find a brief overview of the most important changes: Read more