Slovenia

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Background of colaboration

Information about funding opportunities for R&D projects:


Name of the programme	Funding organisation	Countries	Research Actions	Limitations
Horizon 2020	European Commission	EU EU-other countries	Research activities; Collaboration; Staff exchange; Other.	The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.
Research Programmes	Slovenian Research Agency / Ministry of Education, Science and Sport	International	Research programmes are carried out by programme groups in public research institutions, universities, independent education institutions and programme groups organised by public and private legal entities on the basis of concessions.	Research of national importance listed in National Research and Development Programme.
Target Research Programme (CRP)	Slovenian Research Agency / Ministry of Education, Science and Sport	International	Target research programmes represent a system created for inter-sectoral cooperation in planning and implementing networked R&D projects for specific areas of public interest.
Research Projects	Slovenian Research Agency / Ministry of Education, Science and Sport	International	A basic project covers experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view.	Projects available for natural or legal persons registered at the Agency record.

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
EC National Contact Points	Advice and individual assistance to establish cooperation. Advice and assistance for R&D cooperation in specific areas.	Given country - EU	Free of charge
SPIRIT Slovenia - Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Development, Investment and Tourism	One Stop Shop offering comprehensive business support in one place to Slovenain companies during their activites home and abroad and also for foreign investors.	International	Free of charge
The Academic and Research Network of Slovenia (ARNES)	A public institute that provides network services to research, educational and cultural organizations, and enables them to establish connections and cooperation with each other and with related organizations abroad.	International	Payalble

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
NETWATCH	Mapping networks; providing information on Joint Calls; analysing the impact of programme collaboration; describing the scope and results of individual networks; supporting mutual learning among transnational programme networks.	Free of charge
COST European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research	It is mainly an inter EU program but also offering cooperation with Israel. COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level.	Free of charge
EUREKA	EUREKA is an international initiative which coordinates efforts of governments, research institutes and commercial companies concerning innovation. Its members are the EU countries and 14 more from around the world including Russia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Albania.	Free of charge
Slovenian Current Research Information System	Contains information about researchers, projects and research programmes.	Free of charge
Invest Slovenia	Operating as “one-stop-shop” for potential investors, InvestSlovenia Team maintains data bases with public and private investment projects and land for commercial and industrial purposes in all sectors of the economy.	Free of charge

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport	The main government body in the field of R & D.
Slovenian Research Agency	An independent public funding organisation perform tasks relating to the National Research and Development Programme and creation of European Research Area. Useful list (links) of reserach projects and funds available at the website as well as practical quidelines for researchers.
Slovenian Technology Agency	Public agency for implementation of the National Research and Innovation Policy in the field of technology development and innovation.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
European Science Foundation	Coordination of international research programmes between member states.
Greece	Several agreements on science, technology, culture and education.
Switzerland	Scientific Exchange Programme as a part of bilateral agreement.
Belgium	Flemish-Slovenian research projects.
Bilateral Agreements in the field of Science and Technology cooperation	Agreements between countries such as: Albania, Argentina, Blaerus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, The Philippnes, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Canada, China, Korea, Russia, USA and others.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1995	no	-
Patents	Industrial Property Act of 2001	yes	Intellectual Property Office
Utility models	Not available in Slovenia as such, however, a Short Term Patent may be obtained, which is similar to a utility model - the legal basis is Industrial Property Act of 2001.	yes (for Short Term Patents)	Intellectual Property Office
Trade marks	Industrial Property Act of 2001	yes	Intellectual Property Office
(Industrial) designs	Industrial Property Act of 2001	yes	Intellectual Property Office
Geographical Indications	Industrial Property Act of 2001	yes	Intellectual Property Office
Know How	Prevention of the Restriction of Competition Act of 1999	no	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Protection of New Varieties of Plants Act of 2006	yes	The Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Food Safety, Veterinary and Plant Protection
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Act on the Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits of 2006	yes	Intellectual Property Office

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
Intellectual Property Office	Database for patents, special protection certificates, designs, trademarks.	English
Espacenet	Patents granted by European Patent Office.	English
WIPO IP Services	Contains database of PCT patents, International Trademarks and Designs registration and international registration of appellations of origin.	English

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	!!! - PATENTS / SHORT TERM PATENTS/DESIGNS!!! - Prior user rights	Person who has exploited an invention in a good faith befor priority date keeps the right to exploitation of such invention.	Industrial property Act of 2001, Articles 20, 37
Patents/Utility models	!!! - PATENTS / SHORT TERM PATENTS!!! - These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner:	Acts performed for non-commercial purposes; Acts performed for research and experimental purposes; Preparation for individual cases in a pharmacy of a medicine.	Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 19
Industrial Designs	These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner:	Acts of reproduction for the purposes of making citations or of teaching.	Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 37
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	!!! -GIs !!! - These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner:	Prior user of an identical or similar trade mark; Using in the course of trade of name of a person or its predecessor in business.	Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 59
Trade Marks	These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner:	Using in the name or adress, indications concerning the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, the time of production of goods or of rendering of services, or other characteristics of goods or services; Necessary use to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service, in particular as accessories or spare parts; Prior use of trade mark.	Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 48
Copyright	Using in these fields shall not be considered as an infrigement.	Teaching; Reproduction in periodicals; For the benefit of people with a disability; Free access to information of public nature; Temporary reproduction; Private and internal reproduction; Quotations; Free transformations of disclosed works; Public exhibition or sale of artistic works; Works located in generally accessible premises; Official proceedings; Testing of equipment.	Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1995, Articles 47-57

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
Slovenian Intellectual Property Office	The Office grants patents and short-term patents, rights to designs, trademarks, semiconductor products and designation of origin and geographical indications.

IP treaties & agreements:


Berne Convention	introduces minimum standard of copyright protection	yes
Paris Convention	establishes minimum standards of industrial property protection	yes
TRIPS		yes
WIPO conventions		yes
PCT		yes
EPC		yes
Madrid Protocol	allows registration of trademarks via international route	yes
Hague Convention		yes
UPOV		yes

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Author / researcher
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Employer; in relation to copyright - rights are assinged to the employer for the period of ten years.
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	Detailed rules should be laid down in the contract between researcher and institution wich provides funding.
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	HEIs/research institution is an owner of the rights.
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	Specified in internal regulations of HEIs. Common rule - HEIs own rights to the innovation (3 months for decision).
Related law (name & link)	Job Related Inventions Act of 1995, Article 8, Article 21 Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1995, Article 101 Rules on the Procedures of the (co)financing and Monitoring of Research Activities Implementation, Article 44

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	None
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	Results of sponsored research shall be published in public databases (Rules on the Procedures of the (co)financing and Monitoring of Research Activities Implementation); The implementer (RI) shall when publishing results of the work as well as in any other form of public presentation state that the research results were achieved within the tasks (co)financed from the national budget under contracts concluded with the Agency and upon the Agency’s request participate in informing of the public organised by the Agency.
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	Not specified

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	Information not available
Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by HEI for researcher	Information not available

Form of commercialisation:


Form of commercialisation	Requirements regarding form of contract	Limitations for HEIs	HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation	Related law (name & link)
Assignment of patents and other IPRs and Licensing	Written form (provisions of the contract not meeting the written form are invalid).	No	Science and Research Centers/Technology Transfer Centres	Industrial Property Act of 2001

Revenue sharing:


Remuneration/ Participation in revenues	Statutory rules regarding remuneration	Statutory rules regarding revenue sharing	Internal HEIs rules regarding revenue sharing	Related law (name & link)
Patents and other IPRs	The amount and the type of compensation shall be defined by the employer and the employee in a contract concluded within three months from the date of the asserted claim to the job-related invention. The employee's right to a reasonable compensation shall arise when receiving the employer's statement that he will make an unlimited claim to the job-related invention.	Not specified	Revenue for researcher/researchers shall not be less than 20% of the gross royalty acquired by the institute from the exploitation of the invention. (Job-related Inventions Act of 1995, Article 21)	Job Related Inventions Act of 1995
Copyrights	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1995

Models of contracts used in R&D:


Type of contracts	Short description	Source (link)
Information not available