Accessibility statement

The Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic strives to ensure the accessibility of its website in accordance with Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on Information Technologies in Public Administration and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on ITVS”) and the relevant implementing regulations.

This accessibility statement applies to the website www.indprop.gov.sk

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on ITVS and the relevant implementing regulations, subject to the non-compliance issues and exceptions listed below. 

The website was tested using the following web browsers: Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.108 (64-bit), Mozilla Firefox version 153.0.3 (64-bit) and Microsoft Edge version 151.0.4129.72 (64-bit). The NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) assistive technology, version 2025.3.1.53219, was used to test accessibility. The website is in very serious non-compliance and therefore presents numerous barriers for users with disabilities, who are unable to access much of the information as the website does not allow them to do so.

Inaccessible Content

The content listed below is inaccessible for the following reasons:

• a)    non-compliance with accessibility rules pursuant to Section 14 of Decree No. 78/2020 Coll. of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization on standards for public administration information technology, as amended by Decree No. 546/2021 Coll.

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/documents-and-forms: several forms on this website are published in .docx format

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/Dokumenty-a-formulare: several forms on this website are published in .docx format

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/products-and-services/intellectual-property-institute - The PDF files linked at this address do not meet accessibility requirements

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/trade-marks-and-designs/designs/legislation-procedural-methodology - The PDF files linked at this address do not meet accessibility requirements

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/oznacenia-povodu-vyrobkov-a-zemepisne-oznacenia-vyrobkov/OPVAZOV/specifikacie-op-zo/polnohospodarske-vyrobky  several attached documents are in .docx format and cannot be changed as the links are used in the Journal of the EU; several PDF documents do not meet the accessibility criteria

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/office/official-board/annual-reports - PDF documents do not meet the accessibility criteria

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/office/official-board/invoices-and-orders - The website contains PDF documents that do not meet accessibility standards; an alternative source is the data.slovensko.sk portal, specifically https://data.slovensko.sk/datasety/1cfd7da7-420f-4f40-ab3f -27ff62317347 for orders and https://data.slovensko.sk/datasety/2b3257ad-368c-4f31-bd0b-38f2bc101c67 for invoices

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/trade-marks-and-designs/designs/forms - the web site contains PDF in slovak language that didnt met the accessibility standards

https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/designations-of-origin-and-geographical-indications-of-products/designations-of-origin-and-geographical-indications-of-products/forms - the web spage contains forms in .docx

• b)    unreasonable burden 

• c)    the creator of the inaccessible website content is another administrative body or another person not subject to Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on ITVS:

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on June 1, 2022

The statement was last updated on October 23, 2026.

The assessment of the website’s compliance with the requirements of Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on ITVS and the relevant implementing regulations was carried out on c):

1. )    through self-assessment,
2. )    third-party assessment,
3. )    based on the results of monitoring the accessibility of the website www.indprop.gov.sk, conducted by MIRRI SR as part of a monitoring sample for the relevant calendar year.

Feedback and contact information

If you find content on our website that does not comply with the accessibility rules under Section 14(1) of Decree No. 78/2020 Coll. of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization on Standards for Public Administration Information Technology, as amended by Decree No. 546/2021 Coll., please report it to the IT Department of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic at the email address: infocentrum@indprop.gov.sk or by phone at: +421/48/43 00 111. The website administrator is the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, and its operator is ELET s.r.o.

Enforcement Proceedings

In the event of an unsatisfactory response to a notification of non-compliance of a website or mobile application with the accessibility rules pursuant to Section 14 of Decree No. 78/2020 Coll. of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization on standards for public administration information technology, as amended by Decree No. 546/2021 Coll., within the framework of the feedback mechanism, or in the event of an unsatisfactory response to a request for information or content that is excluded from the scope of Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on ITVS within the feedback mechanism, you may contact the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development, and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, as the entity responsible for enforcing Directive (EU) 2016/2102, at the following address:

Ministry of Investment, Regional Development, and Informatization of the Slovak Republic

Pribinova 25

811 09 Bratislava

or via email at: standard@mirri.gov.sk.

Optional content

The content of the website www.indprop.gov.sk is updated as needed, typically on a daily basis.

Corrective measures resulting from the latest accessibility audit, with an audit date ranging from August 27, 2026, to August 28, 2026, are being implemented on an ongoing basis with the goal of completion by March 31, 2027.