Title: | Article 17 of the Industrial Property Act (ZIL-1-UPB3) of 23/05/2001 as last amended on 06/02/2006 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Security exceptions |
Summary table: |
Article 17
Secret inventions
(1) Invention which are important for the defence or security of the Republic of Slovenia shall be deemed secret and shall be registered at the Ministry competent for the defence.
(2) The conditions of exploitation of secret inventions, in particular compensation for the exploitation, shall be subject to mutual agreement between the inventor and the Ministry competent for the defence.
(3) The application for the invention referred to in paragraph (1) may be filed with the Office if the Ministry competent for the defence does not wish to exploit it or if it consents to the filing of the patent application.