http://www.uil-sipo.si/ Latest announcements en http://www.uil-sipo.si/fileadmin/tt_news_article.gif http://www.uil-sipo.si/ Latest announcements TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:02:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/ipr-statistics-for-2009/ Increase in patent applications, decrease in trademark and design applications
The statistical survey below comprises only applications filed with SIPO, omitting those that were filed for Slovenia under international treaties.

In 2009, SIPO received a total of 399 national patent applications, of which 387 were filed by Slovenian residents and 12 by foreign applicants. It also received 68 PCT applications, 13 European patent applications, 16 SPC applications, and 1599 requests for entry of European patents into SIPO register.

The number of national trademark applications totaled 1655; 1405 were filed by Slovenian residents and 250 by foreign applicants. The majority of applications concerned services in the field of business management, advertising, education, entertainment and scientific technologies.

SIPO also received 63 national applications for 86 designs, mostly from the field of construction elements, packaging and means of transport.

In 2009, SIPO carried out 81 IPR searches on order, most of them concerning patents.]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:02:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/dr-zurej-appointed-director-of-sipo/ Appointed as of 15 January 2010 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:55:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/lecture-by-prof-dr-joseph-straus/ Honorary distinction for Prof. Straus awarded by the State Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:50:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/happy-2010/ SIPO Seanson's Greetings Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:49:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/industrial-property-bulletin/ To be issued monthly in 2010 Office’s web page on the last workday of the current month.

2010 publication dates: 29.01.2010, 26.02.2010, 31.03.2010, 30.04.2010, 31.05.2010, 30.06.2010, 30.07.2010, 31.08.2010, 30.09.2010, 29.10.2010, 30.11.2010 and 31.12.2010.]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:51:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/change-of-head-at-sipo/ Acting Director appointed Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:33:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/establishment-of-the-intersectoral-working-group-for-fight-against-piracy-and-counterfeiting/ Enforcement of IPRs >> More on IPR enforcement
]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:58:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/slovenian-ep-applications-and-european-patents-in-2008/ From EPO Annual Report statistics
Among 12 countries which became EU Member States in the same year as Slovenia (2004), the latter ranks:

• second with respect to the number of applications filed, after Poland (167), and third with respect to the number of patents granted, after Hungary (48) and Czech Republic (44);
• third with respect to the number of applications per million inhabitants, after Cyprus (72.2) and Malta (65.8), and also third with respect to the number of patents granted, after Malta (24.4) and Cyprus (17.7).

(Source: EPO Annual Report 2008)]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 10:51:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/annual-report-2008/ Annual Report for 2008 has been published. Available also online in PDF format. online in PDF format.]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 09:27:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/iso-90012008-quality-certificate/ SIPO was again awarded quality certification Mon, 04 May 2009 14:19:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/customer-satisfaction-survey/ Biennial e-poll destined for applicants and patent agents Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:52:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/situation-regarding-ip-in-slovenian-companies/ Research report Summary in English.]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:04:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/working-plan-on-cooperation-with-the-university-of-ljubljana-signed/ Technology transfer from university to industry Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:18:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/memorandum-of-understanding-concluded-with-the-romanian-office/ Signed on 10 December 2008 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:35:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/1st-information-on-ip/ Example of a good practice Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/cooperation-agreement-with-the-chinese-intellectual-property-office/ Signed on 14 October 2008 Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China. The aim of the Agreement concluded on the initiative of the Chinese Office is to pursue the interests of the users of industrial property system, to serve the interests of the Offices with the exchange of information and experience and to improve the friendly cooperation between the Offices.]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:09:00 +0100 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/the-management-of-authors-rights-and-related-rights-in-the-digital-environment/ Research report “The Management of Author's Rights and Related Rights in the Digital Environment” funded jointly by SIPO and the Slovenian Research Agency, and conducted by the Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies and the Faculty of Social Sciences in the period from October 2006 through September 2008.

The research report examines the question of the management of author's rights with special regards to the remuneration system for private copying and the legal protection of technological measures. The report includes the study in comparative law and the empirical research. The legal part presents the comparative analysis of legal protection of technological measures and the modification of the Slovenian remuneration system for private copying according to the European directive (2001/29/EC). Empirical research consists of two parts: a survey of private users and the semi-structured in-depth interviews with 35 the most important partakers in the system of the management of author’s rights (artists, collective organizations, publishers and public institutions). The conclusion of the legal part of research is that Slovenian legislator did not take into consideration the legal protection of technological measures while proposing a new remuneration system for private copying. Empirical researches present the state-of-art in the field of private copying. The conclusion of the survey was that, firstly, relatively a small part of private copying comprises contents for which it is possible to ask remunerations for private copying. Secondly, the provision that the exception of author’s rights, the right to private copying, should subsist the technological measures turned out to be inefficient. Quite many private users told that they were not able to make tree legal copies of copyright protected works they have bought. The report on interviews examines some of important social and cultural effects of the management of author’s rights: the economic position of the majority of authors seems to be worsening lately, the distortive effects of collective organizations, the new business models of publishers and distributors based on the application of technological measures or intentional rejection of technological measures, the huge problems public institutions lately encounter because of digitalization. The legal studies and empirical researches present new serious facts and arguments that need to be taken into consideration when a new remuneration system for private copying will be proposed. The research report raises, moreover, important issues about the unsatisfactory effect of author’s right system on the economic position of authors and the menace to public access of cultural and scientific goods in public institutions after the digitalization.]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:15:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/report-on-the-patent-dossier-proceedings-during-the-slovenian-presidency-of-the-eu/ Directress Dr Biserka Strel reporting Report on the patent dossier proceedings during the Slovenian Presidency of the EU is published on the annual and other reports page.]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:10:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/attention-telephone-and-fax-number-change/ 1 October 2008
T. +386 1 620 31 00 - Head Office
T. +386 1 620 31 01 - Customer Service

F. +386 1 620 31 11 - IP Rights and Customer Service
F. +386 1 620 31 10 - Head Office

The old numbers will be available until 31 December 2008.

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:00:00 +0200 http://www.uil-sipo.si/nc/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/debate-on-the-establishment-of-a-national-ipr-forum/ More efficient IPR enforcement
At the same time, SIPO is launching a new web page designed to raise the awareness of general public and right holders on intellectual property.]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:15:00 +0200