Slovakia

Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs, as amended by Act No. 344/2004 Coll. Act No. 84/2007 Coll. and Act No. 495/2008 Coll.

Year of current version:	2008
Date of entry into force of original text:	October 1, 2002
Date of Text (Enacted):	June 20, 2002
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Industrial Designs
Notes:	The WTO notification states: “The respective amendments were adopted mainly to harmonize the Slovak intellectual property laws with relevant EC Directives.”
Available Texts:
English	Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs, as amended by Act No. 344/2004 Coll. Act No. 84/2007 Coll. and Act No. 495/2008 Coll. (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
Slovak	Zákon č. 444/2002 Z.z. o dizajnoch v znení neskorších predpisov
Related Legislation:	Relates to Decree No. 629/2002 Z.Z implementing Act No. 444/2002 Z.z. on Designs (SK052) Decree No. 223/2002 Z. Z implementing Act. 435/2001 Z. z. on Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates and on amendment of certain laws (Patent Act) (SK048) Is amended by Act No. 344/2004 Coll. on Patent Agents (SK047)
Historical Versions:	Repeals Decree of the Federal Office for Inventions on the Procedure in Matters of Inventions and Industrial Designs (No. 550 of December 11, 1990) (SK012) Supersedes Act No. 444/2002 Coll. on Designs of 20 June 2002 (SK027)
WIPO Lex No.:	SK035