Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)

The Slovene Intellectual Property Office carries out tasks in the area of intellectual property, including copyright law and industrial property law. It manages procedures for the granting of patents and registering of semi-integrated circuits, models, brands and geographic designations, except those referring to agricultural products and food. In the area of copyright law, the Office is competent to issue licences to authors' organisations authorising them to jointly enforce copyright, and to supervise their activities. In addition to its administrative tasks, it also drafts legislation in the area of intellectual property and represents the government in the management bodies of the World Organisation for Intellectual Property and in the Council for TRIP within the World Trade Organisation. The Office also includes a Conciliation Committee for settling disputes between employers and employees relating to intellectual property rights.

Survey the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries in Slovenia

In 2010 the office together with the Ministry of Culture initiated a Survey the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries in Slovenia. The study is based on the WIPO methodology and has been available online since 2011. The survey 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.

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Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)

Survey the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries in Slovenia

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