czech republic

Czech Republic Profile

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country located in Central Europe, bordering Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the southeast, and Poland to the northeast. Its capital and largest city is Prague, with a population of over 1.2 million. The Czech Republic is a member state of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations and its agencies and committees.

Czech Intellectual Property Legal System

• The Act on Inventions and Rationalized Advice
• "Utility Model Law"
• "trademark law"
• Amendment to the Act on the Protection of Industrial Designs and the Act on Inventions, Designs and Rationalization Proposals, as amended
• The Act to Protect the Topology of Semiconductor Products
• Act on Measures Concerning Industrial Property Rights
• Industrial Property Enforcement Act

International Organization/Agreement

• Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
• Nairobi Treaty for the Protection of the Olympic Emblem
• Patent Law Treaty
• Singapore Trademark Law Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Their International Registration
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
• Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks
• Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Origin of Goods
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification