The State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO Croatia; hr, Državni zavod za intelektualno vlasništvo) is a

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

responsible for registration of

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...

trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from others ...

s and

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...

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. It was established in 1991, originally under the name "Republic Industrial Property Office" and then "State Patent Office". Since 1996, its name is "State Intellectual Property Office."

List of directors general

The following persons have held the office of Director General: # Nikola Kopčić (1992 - 2002) # Hrvoje Junašević (2002 - 2004) #

Željko Topić Željko Topić (born 5 August 1959) is a Croatian civil servant, and a former Vice-President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Before taking up his position at the EPO, he was the Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office of the ...

(2004 - 2012) # Ljiljana Kuterovac (2012 - )"Decision signed by Prime Minister Zoran Milanović appointing Ljiljana Kuterovac as Director General of the DZIV"
dated 12 July 2012

References

External links

* Law of Croatia Patent offices Trademark law organizations Organizations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Croatia {{government-stub