Patents

In consequence of our orientation exclusively on services which are connected with the intellectual property protection, our office can provide you with a full range of services regarding the protection of an invention. Below, we have only mentioned some of them:

1. Filing, translation and prosecution of a patent application before the Patent Offices and before the International Bureau (PCT applications).

2. Validation of granted European Patents

3. Filing and representation before the European Patent Office

4. On-line legal status checks

5. Freedom-to-Operate searches, patent equivalent searches and all other kinds of searches

6. Execution of opinions regarding patentability and comerciability of an invention.

7. Execution of opinions regarding the infringement of rights.

8. Representation in litigations.

9. Representation in oppositions, cancellation procedures and procedures regarding the request for the declaration of nullity of a patent.

10. License negotiations and license agreement preparations and settlements.

For Croatia, we offer to our clients the optimization of costs connected with obtaining of the protection of an invention.

The main news in the Croatian Patent Law, which was taken into force on January 1, 2004, is the implementation of the EPO extension agreement. To validate an EPO patent in Croatia, it will be necessary to provide an EP B1 document, and the translation thereof , and a duly signed power of attorney (which can be downloaded by clicking on the link) as well.