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Title	Version	Dates	Subject Matter
Main IP Laws	2023	Industrial Property Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 45/01 of June 7, 2001, amended up to July 27, 2023)	Patents (Inventions) Utility Models Trademarks Geographical Indications Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Trade Names
Main IP Laws	2022	Copyright and Related Rights Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/95 of April 14, 1995, as amended up to October 26, 2022)	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Main IP Laws	2019	Trade Secrets Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 22/19 of April 5, 2019)	Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Main IP Laws	2012	Act on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 86/98 of December 18, 1998, as amended up to January 12, 2012)	Plant Variety Protection
Main IP Laws	2006	Act on the Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/95 of April 14, 1995 - Unofficial Consolidated Text No. 4)	Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

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Main IP Laws

2023

Industrial Property Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 45/01 of June 7, 2001, amended up to July 27, 2023)

Patents (Inventions)

Utility Models

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

Trade Names

Main IP Laws

2022

Copyright and Related Rights Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/95 of April 14, 1995, as amended up to October 26, 2022)

Main IP Laws

2019

Trade Secrets Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 22/19 of April 5, 2019)

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Main IP Laws

2012

Act on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 86/98 of December 18, 1998, as amended up to January 12, 2012)

Plant Variety Protection

Main IP Laws

2006

Act on the Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/95 of April 14, 1995 - Unofficial Consolidated Text No. 4)

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

Title	Version	Dates	Subject Matter
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2016	Decree on the Implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013 Concerning Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 29/16 )	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2007	Act Implementing the Customs Regulations of the European Community (Official Gazette RS, No. 25/2004, No. 111/2007)	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2007	Decision on the Completion of the List of Mediators (Official Gazette RS, No. 36/2007)	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2007	Decree implementing Council Regulation (EC) on Community designs and Council Regulation (EC) on Community trademarks (Official Gazette RS, No. 4/2007)	Industrial Designs
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2007	Decree on the Fees of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office	Industrial Property
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2007	Decree on the Geographical Indication of the Lipicanec (Lipizzaner) Horse	Geographical Indications
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2007	Decree on the Implementation of Council Regulation (EC) on Community designs and Council Regulation (EC) on Community trademarks (Official Gazette RS, No. 4/2007)	Industrial Designs Trademarks
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2007	Rules on compensation for job‐related inventions (Official Gazette RS, No 65/2007)	Patents (Inventions) Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2006	Decree on the Fees of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (Official Gazette RS. No. 65/2006)	Industrial Property
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2006	Order on the tariff of information services (Official Gazette RS, No. 71/2006)	Industrial Designs
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2006	Rules on the procedure concerning requests for the international registration of trademarks (Official Gazette RS, No. 124/2006)	Trademarks
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2005	Decision determining the list of mediators (Official Gazette RS, No 82/2005)	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2005	Decree on Mediation in Disputes concerning Copyright and Related Rights (Official Gazette RS, No 35/2005)	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2005	Decree on the annual fee for varieties entered in the Agricultural Plant Variety List and on fees and costs for plant variety protection (Official Gazette RS, No 27/2005)	Plant Variety Protection
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2005	Decree on the Implementation of the Council Regulations (EC) Concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products and for plant protection products (Official Gazette RS No. 56/2005)	Patents (Inventions) Plant Variety Protection
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2005	Rules on the designation of wine, must and other grape and wine products and their packaging (Official Gazette RS, No 40/2001, No 52/2003, No 44/2005)	Geographical Indications
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2004	Rules on Insuring payment of expenses and determining the level of costs of safe‐keeping and maintenance of goods during temporary detention and seizure of goods in case of application of customs measures in cases of intellectual property violations (Official Gazette RS, No 33/2004)	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2004	Rules on the contents of industrial design applications (Official Gazette RS, No 102/2001, No. 112/2004)	Industrial Designs
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2003	Decree on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions	Patents (Inventions)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2003	Rules on the list of designation of geographical origin for wines and other grape and wine products (Official Gazette RS, No 68/2002, No. 42/2003)	Geographical Indications
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2003	Rules on the registration of topographies of integrated circuits (Official Gazette RS, No 34/2003)	Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2002	Decree on the extension of European Patents to Slovenia (Official Gazette RS, No 15/2002) (applicable for requests for extension of European patents filed before 1 December 2002)	Patents (Inventions)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2001	Rules on passing the qualifying examination and entry into the register of agents kept by the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (Official Gazette RS, No 111/2001)	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2001	Rules on the contents of patent applications and divisional patent procedure (Official Gazette RS, No. 102/2001)	Patents (Inventions)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2001	Rules on the Contents of Trademark Applications (Official Gazette RS, No. 102/2001)	Trademarks
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2001	Rules on the registers of applications and industrial property rights and on the certificate of the priority right (Official Gazette RS, No 102/2001)	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Implementing Rules/Regulations	2001	Rules on the requirements for the use of the indication of geographical denomination of agricultural products and foodstuffs (Official Gazette RS, No 7/2001)	Geographical Indications
Implementing Rules/Regulations	1999	Rules on Standard Methods for Testing the Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability of New Varieties of Plant (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 30/99)	Plant Variety Protection
Implementing Rules/Regulations	1999	Rules on the Procedure for Granting the Plant Beeders' Rights (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 85/99)	Plant Variety Protection
Implementing Rules/Regulations	1994	Regulation on the Extension of European Patents to Slovenia under the Agreement Implementing Article 3(3) of the Cooperation Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Patent Organisation	IP Regulatory Body Industrial Property

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