Difference between revisions of "Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)"
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| name = Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) | | name = Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) | ||
| localname = Urad Republike Slovenije za intelektualno lastnino (URSIL) | | localname = Urad Republike Slovenije za intelektualno lastnino (URSIL) | ||
+ | | image = Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (logo).svg | ||
| street = Kotnikova 6 | | street = Kotnikova 6 | ||
| town = SI-1000 Ljubljana | | town = SI-1000 Ljubljana |
Revision as of 14:33, 19 June 2011
In addition to its administrative tasks, it also drafts legislation in the area of intellectual property. The Office also provides a number of information services, and performs administrative tasks for the Conciliation Board which solves disputes between employers and employees that concern inventions created during employment, and for the Copyright Board.
International cooperation
SIPO represents the government in the management bodies of the World Organisation for Intellectual Property (WIPO) and the European Patent Organisation (EPO), as well as in the intellectual property working parties of the EU Council, European Commission and OHIM – Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).
Copyright-based industries in Slovenia
In 2008 the Office initiated a Study on the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries in Slovenia. The study is based on the WIPO methodology and was financed by WIPO and the Slovene Ministry of Culture. It has been concluded and made available online in 2011. The study offers a complex comparative quantitative analysis of the contribution of specific sectors based on the statistics from 2002 and 2007. It reveals that the copyright-based industries contribute 5.1 % to GDP and secure 6.8 % jobs on the national level.