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Main IP Laws (9 texts)

Title	Version	Dates	Subject Matter
Copyright and Related Rights Act (OG No. 111/2021)	2021	Entry into force : October 22, 2021 Published : October 14, 2021 Adopted : October 1, 2021	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Patent Act (OG No. 16/2020)	2020	Entry into force : February 20, 2020 Published : February 12, 2020 Adopted : January 21, 2020	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Patents (Inventions) IP Regulatory Body Utility Models Plant Variety Protection
Trademarks Act (OG No. 14/2019)	2019	Entry into force : February 15, 2019 Adopted : January 25, 2019	Trademarks Geographical Indications Competition Enforcement of IP and Related Laws IP Regulatory Body
Act on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products and Services and Act on Amendments to the Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products and Services Act (OG Nos. 173/2003, 76/2007, 49/2011 & 46/2018)	2018	Entry into force : January 1, 2004 Adopted : October 1, 2003	Geographical Indications
Act on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products and Acts on Amendments to the Act on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (OG Nos. 173/2003, 76/2007, 30/2009, 49/2011 and 46/2018)	2018	Entry into force : January 1, 2004 Adopted : October 15, 2003	Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Enforcement of IP and Related Laws IP Regulatory Body
Act on the Protection of Undisclosed Information with Market Value (OG No. 30/2018)	2018	Entry into force : April 7, 2018 Adopted : March 30, 2018	Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Industrial Design Act and Acts on Amendments to the Industrial Design Act (OG Nos. 173/2003, 76/2007, 30/2009, 49/2011 & 46/2018)	2018	Entry into force : January 1, 2004 Adopted : October 1, 2003	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Trademarks Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws IP Regulatory Body Industrial Property
Act on Plant Variety Right Protection and Acts on Amendments to the Plant Variety Protection Act (promulgated by Decision No. 081-97-1973/1 of November 28, 1997, OG Nos. 131/97, 62/00, 67/08 & 124/2011)	2011	Entry into force : December 5, 1997 Adopted : November 21, 1997	Plant Variety Protection Enforcement of IP and Related Laws IP Regulatory Body
Trademark Law of June 30, 1999	1999	Entry into force : July 31, 1999 Adopted : June 30, 1999	Trademarks Geographical Indications Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws IP Regulatory Body Industrial Property

Laws/Regulations (46 texts)

Type of Text	Title	Version	Dates	Subject Matter
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Patent Regulations (OG No. 55/2020)	2020	Published : August 5, 2020 Entry into force : May 16, 2020 Issued : April 17, 2020	Patents (Inventions) IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulation on Amendments to the Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office (OG No. 89/2020)	2020	Published : August 8, 2020 Issued : July 31, 2020	IP Regulatory Body Trademarks Patents (Inventions) Utility Models
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office and Regulations on Amendments to the Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office (OG Nos. 109/2011, 96/2013 and 89/2020)	2020	Entry into force : October 1, 2011 Issued : August 3, 2011 Published : September 23, 2010	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Trademarks Geographical Indications Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Industrial Property IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations on Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indications and Guaranteed Traditional Specialties Agricultural and Food Products and the Optional Quality Term "Mountain Product" (OG No. 38/2019)	2019	Entry into force : April 20, 2019 Published : April 12, 2019 Issued : April 3, 2019	Geographical Indications
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Trademark Regulations (OG No. 38/19)	2019	Entry into force : April 24, 2019 Adopted : April 10, 2019	Trademarks Geographical Indications IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products and Services and Regulations supplementing the Regulations on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products and Services (OG Nos. 72/2004, 117/2007, 66/2011 & 43/2017)	2017	Entry into force : June 1, 2004 Adopted : May 21, 2004	Patents (Inventions) Geographical Indications
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations on Industrial Designs and Regulations on Amendments and Supplements to the Regulations on Industrial Designs (OG Nos. 72/2004, 117/2007, 66/2011, 125/2013 and 43/2017)	2017	Entry into force : June 1, 2004 Adopted : May 21, 2004	Industrial Designs IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations on the Professional Criteria and Procedures for Granting Authorizations for Performing Collective Management of Rights and on Remunerations for the Work Done by the Council of Experts (OG No. 107/2017)	2017	Entry into force : November 11, 2017 Adopted : October 23, 2017	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products and Regulations supplementing the Regulations on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (OG Nos. 72/2004, 117/2007 & 43/2017)	2017	Entry into force : June 1, 2004 Adopted : June 1, 2004	Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations No. 525-2-08-1 of January 26, 2009, on the Costs of Services and Procedures Performed by the Institute for Seeds and Seedling and Regulations Amending and Supplementing the Regulations on the Costs of Services and Procedures Performed by the Institute for Seeds and Seedling	2013	Adopted : January 26, 2009	Plant Variety Protection
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations on Professional Exams for Representatives in the Area of Industrial Property Rights (OG No. 84/2013)	2013	Entry into force : July 3, 2013 Adopted : June 28, 2013	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Trademarks Geographical Indications Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits IP Regulatory Body Industrial Property
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Ordinance of May 10, 2011, on the Procedure of Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability of New Plant Varieties for the Purpose of Granting a Plant Breeder's Right and Registration of Varieties (OG No. 61/2011)	2011	Entry into force : June 11, 2011 Adopted : May 10, 2011	Plant Variety Protection IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Ordinance of May 13, 2011, on Entry in the Registers in Carrying Out the Plant Variety Protection Activities	2011	Entry into force : June 4, 2011 Adopted : May 13, 2011	Plant Variety Protection IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulation No. 525-02-1-0005/11-1 of November 29, 2011, on the Requirements for Using the Harvested Material of Protected Varieties on One's Own Farm and on the Criteria of Defining Small Agricultural Producers (OG No. 145/2011)	2011	Entry into force : December 23, 2011 Issued : November 29, 2011	Plant Variety Protection
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulation on Customs Measures Against Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights and Regulations on Amendments to the Regulation on Customs Measures Against Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (OG No. 82/2007)	2007	Entry into force : August 8, 2007 Adopted : August 2, 2007	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Trademarks Geographical Indications Plant Variety Protection Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulation on Criteria for Determining the Confidentiality of an Invention and Manners to Grant Patent for such an Invention (OG No. 10/2005)	2005	Entry into force : January 27, 2005 Adopted : January 13, 2005	Patents (Inventions) Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulation on Amendments to the Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office (OG No. 187/2004)	2004	Entry into force : January 7, 2005 Adopted : December 23, 2004	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Trademarks Geographical Indications Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) IP Regulatory Body Industrial Property
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Decree on the (amount of) Fees relating to the Plant Variety Protection	2001	Adopted : May 1, 2001	Plant Variety Protection
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Industrial Design Regulations	1999	Entry into force : December 28, 1999 Adopted : December 22, 1999	Industrial Designs
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations under the Law on the Protection of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits	1999	Entry into force : December 28, 1999 Adopted : December 22, 1999	Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits IP Regulatory Body
Implementing Rules/Regulations	Regulations under the Trademark Law	1999	Entry into force : December 28, 1999 Adopted : December 22, 1999	Geographical Indications IP Regulatory Body
IP-related Laws	Act on Seeds, Seedlings and Recognition of Agricultural Plant Varieties (OG No. 140/05, 35/08, 25/09, 124/10, 55/11, 14/14, 115/18)	2019	Entry into force : January 1, 2008 Adopted : November 17, 2005	Plant Variety Protection Enforcement of IP and Related Laws IP Regulatory Body
IP-related Laws	Agriculture Act (OG No. 118/2018)	2019	Entry into force : January 1, 2019 Published : December 27, 2018 Promulgated : December 13, 2018 Adopted : December 7, 2018	Geographical Indications Other
IP-related Laws	Act on Enforcement of Customs Supervision of EU Legislation (OG No. 40/2016)	2016	Entry into force : May 1, 2016 Adopted : April 29, 2016	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP-related Laws	Act on Common Organization of the Agricultural Markets and on Specific Measures and Provisions Relating to the Agricultural Products Market and Acts Amending Law on Common Organization of the Agricultural Markets and on Specific Measures and Provisions Relating to the Agricultural Products Market and Partially Derogating the Agriculture Act (OG Nos. 82/2013, 14/2014 and 30/2015)	2015	Adopted : June 28, 2013	Geographical Indications Plant Variety Protection Other
IP-related Laws	Act on Trade and Acts on Amendments to the Act on Trade (OG Nos. 87/2008, 96/2008, 116/2008, 76/2009, 114/2011, 68/2013 & 30/2014)	2014	Adopted : July 15, 2008 Entry into force : January 1, 2008	Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
IP-related Laws	Act on Representation in the Area of Industrial Property Rights and Act on Amendments to the Act on Representation in the Area of Industrial Property Rights (OG Nos. 54/2005, 49/2011 & 54/2013)	2013	Entry into force : August 1, 2005 Adopted : January 1, 2005	Patents (Inventions) Trademarks Geographical Indications Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits IP Regulatory Body Industrial Property
IP-related Laws	Act on Administrative Fees in the Field of Intellectual Property and Act on Amendments to the Act on Administrative Fees in the Field of Intellectual Property (OG Nos. 64/2000, 160/2004, 62/2008, 30/2009 and 49/2011)	2011	Entry into force : July 13, 2000 Adopted : July 5, 2000	Patents (Inventions) Industrial Designs Trademarks Geographical Indications Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) IP Regulatory Body
IP-related Laws	Act on the Production, Maintenance and Trade of Armaments and Military Equipment and Act on Amendments to the Act on the Production, Maintenance and Trade of Armaments and Military Equipment (OG Nos. 33/2002, 173/2003 and 146/2008)	2008	Adopted : March 19, 2002	Patents (Inventions) Other
Framework Laws	Execution Act and Acts on Amendments to the Execution Act (OG Nos. 112/12, 25/13, 93/14 and 55/16)	2016	Entry into force : October 15, 2012 Adopted : September 21, 2012	Patents (Inventions) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Framework Laws	Act on Courts and Amendments to the Act on Courts (OG Nos. 28/2013, 33/2015 and 82/2015)	2015	Adopted : February 22, 2013	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Framework Laws	Civil Obligations Act and Acts on Amendments of Civil Obligations (OG Nos. 35/2005, 41/2008, 125/2011 and 78/2015)	2015	Entry into force : August 1, 2015 Adopted : July 3, 2015	Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Framework Laws	Penal Code and Act on Amendments and Supplements to the Penal Code (OG Nos. 125/2011, 144/2012 and 56/2015)	2015	Entry into force : January 1, 2013 Adopted : October 21, 2011	Patents (Inventions) Trademarks Geographical Indications Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Other
Framework Laws	Administrative Disputes Act and Acts on Amendments to the Administrative Disputes Act (OG Nos. 20/2010, 143/12 and 152/2014)	2014	Entry into force : December 30, 2014 Adopted : December 12, 2014	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Framework Laws	Civil Procedure Act and Acts Amending the Civil Procedure Act and Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia (OG No. 148/11-consolidated text, and OG No. 25/13, 89/14)	2014	Adopted : January 1, 1977	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Framework Laws	Criminal Procedure Act and Acts on Amendments and Supplements to the Criminal Procedure Act (OG Nos. 152/08, 76/09 and 80/11- consolidated text, OG Nos. 121/11, 91/12, 143/12, 56/13, 145/13 and 152/14)	2014	Entry into force : January 1, 1998 Adopted : September 26, 1997	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Framework Laws	The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (Consolidated text 2014)(OG Nos. 56/90, 135/97, 8/98, consolidated text Nos. 113/2000, 124/2000, consolidated text Nos. 28/2001, 41/2001, consolidated text Nos. 55/2001, Correction, Nos. 85/2010 and 5/2014)	2014	Entry into force : December 22, 1990 Adopted : December 22, 1990	Other
Framework Laws	General Administrative Procedures Act (promulgated by Decision No. 71-05-03/1-09-2 of April 1, 2009)	2009	Entry into force : January 1, 2010 Adopted : March 27, 2009	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Framework Laws	Judiciary Act (Law on Courts)	1997	Adopted : January 1, 1993	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Other Texts	Media Act and Act on Amendments to the Media Act (OG Nos. 59/04, 84/11 and 81/13)	2013	Adopted : April 30, 2004	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Other
Other Texts	Medical Products Act	2013	Entry into force : June 29, 2013 Adopted : June 14, 2013	Patents (Inventions) Trademarks Competition Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Other Texts	Medicinal Products Act (OG 76/2013)	2013	Entry into force : June 29, 2013 Adopted : June 14, 2013	Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Other
Other Texts	Data Secrecy Act and Act Amending the Data Secrecy Act (promulgated by Decrees Nos. 71-05-03/1-07-2 of July 18, 2007 and 71-05-03/1-12-2 of July 18, 2012, OG Nos. 79/07 & 86/2012)	2012	Adopted : July 13, 2007 Entry into force : January 1, 2007	Patents (Inventions) Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) IP Regulatory Body
Other Texts	Act on Audiovisual Activities and Act on Amendments to the Audiovisual Activities Act (OG Nos. 76/2007 & 90/2011)	2011	Entry into force : August 10, 2011 Adopted : July 15, 2011	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Other
Other Texts	Customs Law (OG No. 78/99, 94/99, 117/99, 73/00, 92/01, 47/03, 140/05, 138/06, 60/08, 45/09, 56/10 & 56/10)	2010	Entry into force : July 31, 1999 Adopted : July 8, 1999	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Other
Other Texts	Data Secrecy Protection Law (OG No. 108/96)	1996	Adopted : December 13, 1996	Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Other

Type of Text

Title

Version

Dates

Subject Matter

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Patent Regulations (OG No. 55/2020)

2020

Published :

August 5, 2020

Entry into force :

May 16, 2020

Issued :

April 17, 2020

Patents (Inventions)

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulation on Amendments to the Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office (OG No. 89/2020)

2020

Published :

August 8, 2020

Issued :

July 31, 2020

IP Regulatory Body

Trademarks

Patents (Inventions)

Utility Models

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office and Regulations on Amendments to the Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office (OG Nos. 109/2011, 96/2013 and 89/2020)

2020

Entry into force :

October 1, 2011

Issued :

August 3, 2011

Published :

September 23, 2010

Patents (Inventions)

Industrial Designs

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

Industrial Property

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations on Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indications and Guaranteed Traditional Specialties Agricultural and Food Products and the Optional Quality Term "Mountain Product" (OG No. 38/2019)

2019

Entry into force :

April 20, 2019

Published :

April 12, 2019

Issued :

April 3, 2019

Geographical Indications

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Trademark Regulations (OG No. 38/19)

2019

Entry into force :

April 24, 2019

Adopted :

April 10, 2019

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products and Services and Regulations supplementing the Regulations on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products and Services (OG Nos. 72/2004, 117/2007, 66/2011 & 43/2017)

2017

Entry into force :

June 1, 2004

Adopted :

May 21, 2004

Patents (Inventions)

Geographical Indications

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations on Industrial Designs and Regulations on Amendments and Supplements to the Regulations on Industrial Designs (OG Nos. 72/2004, 117/2007, 66/2011, 125/2013 and 43/2017)

2017

Entry into force :

June 1, 2004

Adopted :

May 21, 2004

Industrial Designs

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations on the Professional Criteria and Procedures for Granting Authorizations for Performing Collective Management of Rights and on Remunerations for the Work Done by the Council of Experts (OG No. 107/2017)

2017

Entry into force :

November 11, 2017

Adopted :

October 23, 2017

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products and Regulations supplementing the Regulations on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (OG Nos. 72/2004, 117/2007 & 43/2017)

2017

Entry into force :

June 1, 2004

Adopted :

June 1, 2004

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations No. 525-2-08-1 of January 26, 2009, on the Costs of Services and Procedures Performed by the Institute for Seeds and Seedling and Regulations Amending and Supplementing the Regulations on the Costs of Services and Procedures Performed by the Institute for Seeds and Seedling

2013

Adopted :

January 26, 2009

Plant Variety Protection

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations on Professional Exams for Representatives in the Area of Industrial Property Rights (OG No. 84/2013)

2013

Entry into force :

July 3, 2013

Adopted :

June 28, 2013

Patents (Inventions)

Industrial Designs

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

IP Regulatory Body

Industrial Property

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Ordinance of May 10, 2011, on the Procedure of Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability of New Plant Varieties for the Purpose of Granting a Plant Breeder's Right and Registration of Varieties (OG No. 61/2011)

2011

Entry into force :

June 11, 2011

Adopted :

May 10, 2011

Plant Variety Protection

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Ordinance of May 13, 2011, on Entry in the Registers in Carrying Out the Plant Variety Protection Activities

2011

Entry into force :

June 4, 2011

Adopted :

May 13, 2011

Plant Variety Protection

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulation No. 525-02-1-0005/11-1 of November 29, 2011, on the Requirements for Using the Harvested Material of Protected Varieties on One's Own Farm and on the Criteria of Defining Small Agricultural Producers (OG No. 145/2011)

2011

Entry into force :

December 23, 2011

Issued :

November 29, 2011

Plant Variety Protection

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulation on Customs Measures Against Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights and Regulations on Amendments to the Regulation on Customs Measures Against Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (OG No. 82/2007)

2007

Entry into force :

August 8, 2007

Adopted :

August 2, 2007

Patents (Inventions)

Industrial Designs

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Plant Variety Protection

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulation on Criteria for Determining the Confidentiality of an Invention and Manners to Grant Patent for such an Invention (OG No. 10/2005)

2005

Entry into force :

January 27, 2005

Adopted :

January 13, 2005

Patents (Inventions)

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulation on Amendments to the Regulation on Special Fees and Fees for Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office (OG No. 187/2004)

2004

Entry into force :

January 7, 2005

Adopted :

December 23, 2004

Patents (Inventions)

Industrial Designs

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

IP Regulatory Body

Industrial Property

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Decree on the (amount of) Fees relating to the Plant Variety Protection

2001

Adopted :

May 1, 2001

Plant Variety Protection

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Industrial Design Regulations

1999

Entry into force :

December 28, 1999

Adopted :

December 22, 1999

Industrial Designs

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations under the Law on the Protection of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits

1999

Entry into force :

December 28, 1999

Adopted :

December 22, 1999

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

IP Regulatory Body

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Regulations under the Trademark Law

1999

Entry into force :

December 28, 1999

Adopted :

December 22, 1999

Geographical Indications

IP Regulatory Body

2019

Entry into force :

January 1, 2008

Adopted :

November 17, 2005

Plant Variety Protection

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

IP Regulatory Body

IP-related Laws

Agriculture Act (OG No. 118/2018)

2019

Entry into force :

January 1, 2019

Published :

December 27, 2018

Promulgated :

December 13, 2018

Adopted :

December 7, 2018

Geographical Indications

Other

2016

Entry into force :

May 1, 2016

Adopted :

April 29, 2016

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

2015

Adopted :

June 28, 2013

Geographical Indications

Plant Variety Protection

Other

2014

Adopted :

July 15, 2008

Entry into force :

January 1, 2008

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

2013

Entry into force :

August 1, 2005

Adopted :

January 1, 2005

Patents (Inventions)

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

IP Regulatory Body

Industrial Property

2011

Entry into force :

July 13, 2000

Adopted :

July 5, 2000

Patents (Inventions)

Industrial Designs

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

IP Regulatory Body

2008

Adopted :

March 19, 2002

Patents (Inventions)

Other

Framework Laws

Execution Act and Acts on Amendments to the Execution Act (OG Nos. 112/12, 25/13, 93/14 and 55/16)

2016

Entry into force :

October 15, 2012

Adopted :

September 21, 2012

Patents (Inventions)

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Framework Laws

Act on Courts and Amendments to the Act on Courts (OG Nos. 28/2013, 33/2015 and 82/2015)

2015

Adopted :

February 22, 2013

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Framework Laws

Civil Obligations Act and Acts on Amendments of Civil Obligations (OG Nos. 35/2005, 41/2008, 125/2011 and 78/2015)

2015

Entry into force :

August 1, 2015

Adopted :

July 3, 2015

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Framework Laws

Penal Code and Act on Amendments and Supplements to the Penal Code (OG Nos. 125/2011, 144/2012 and 56/2015)

2015

Entry into force :

January 1, 2013

Adopted :

October 21, 2011

Patents (Inventions)

Trademarks

Geographical Indications

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Other

Framework Laws

Administrative Disputes Act and Acts on Amendments to the Administrative Disputes Act (OG Nos. 20/2010, 143/12 and 152/2014)

2014

Entry into force :

December 30, 2014

Adopted :

December 12, 2014

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Framework Laws

Civil Procedure Act and Acts Amending the Civil Procedure Act and Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia (OG No. 148/11-consolidated text, and OG No. 25/13, 89/14)

2014

Adopted :

January 1, 1977

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Framework Laws

Criminal Procedure Act and Acts on Amendments and Supplements to the Criminal Procedure Act (OG Nos. 152/08, 76/09 and 80/11- consolidated text, OG Nos. 121/11, 91/12, 143/12, 56/13, 145/13 and 152/14)

2014

Entry into force :

January 1, 1998

Adopted :

September 26, 1997

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Framework Laws

The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (Consolidated text 2014)(OG Nos. 56/90, 135/97, 8/98, consolidated text Nos. 113/2000, 124/2000, consolidated text Nos. 28/2001, 41/2001, consolidated text Nos. 55/2001, Correction, Nos. 85/2010 and 5/2014)

2014

Entry into force :

December 22, 1990

Adopted :

December 22, 1990

Other

Framework Laws

General Administrative Procedures Act (promulgated by Decision No. 71-05-03/1-09-2 of April 1, 2009)

2009

Entry into force :

January 1, 2010

Adopted :

March 27, 2009

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Framework Laws

Judiciary Act (Law on Courts)

1997

Adopted :

January 1, 1993

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Other Texts

Media Act and Act on Amendments to the Media Act (OG Nos. 59/04, 84/11 and 81/13)

2013

Adopted :

April 30, 2004

Other

Other Texts

Medical Products Act

2013

Entry into force :

June 29, 2013

Adopted :

June 14, 2013

Patents (Inventions)

Trademarks

Competition

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Other Texts

Medicinal Products Act (OG 76/2013)

2013

Entry into force :

June 29, 2013

Adopted :

June 14, 2013

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Other

Other Texts

Data Secrecy Act and Act Amending the Data Secrecy Act (promulgated by Decrees Nos. 71-05-03/1-07-2 of July 18, 2007 and 71-05-03/1-12-2 of July 18, 2012, OG Nos. 79/07 & 86/2012)

2012

Adopted :

July 13, 2007

Entry into force :

January 1, 2007

Patents (Inventions)

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

IP Regulatory Body

Other Texts

Act on Audiovisual Activities and Act on Amendments to the Audiovisual Activities Act (OG Nos. 76/2007 & 90/2011)

2011

Entry into force :

August 10, 2011

Adopted :

July 15, 2011

Other

Other Texts

Customs Law (OG No. 78/99, 94/99, 117/99, 73/00, 92/01, 47/03, 140/05, 138/06, 60/08, 45/09, 56/10 & 56/10)

2010

Entry into force :

July 31, 1999

Adopted :

July 8, 1999

Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other

Other Texts

Data Secrecy Protection Law (OG No. 108/96)

1996

Adopted :

December 13, 1996

Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Other

Croatia

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Main IP Laws (9 texts)

Laws/Regulations (46 texts)