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Final theses of the course Intellectual Property 2005 - 2010 - authors, titles, supervisors

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Author: Antalová Miroslava, Ing.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Relative grounds for registration exclusion in the light of OHIM decisions and judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Supervisor: Bachratý Ján, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of my thesis is to present the process of OHIM's decision-making on selected relative grounds for the registration exclusion of trademarks in relation to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. Due to the large scope of the relative grounds of refusal, I have focused my work on the relative grounds of refusal relating to the issue of 'likelihood of confusion of trade marks' and the issue of 'conflict with trade marks with a reputation'.

Author: Antošíková Lucia, JUDr.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Trademark proceedings
Thesis supervisor: Maruniaková Ingrid, JUDr.
Annotation: The thesis is devoted to the problems of the institute of the trademark as an object of industrial rights to a sign, from its procedural aspect. The aim of the thesis was to outline the main mission of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic as a central body of the state administration and to give a systematic and comprehensible view of the system of proceedings in matters concerning trademarks. An attempt is made to describe the general rules and principles of the procedure in question, to outline its structure and legal framework.

Author: Beleščák Boris, Ing.*
Year: 2007
Final Thesis: Possibilities of obtaining patent protection for an invention abroad
Thesis supervisor: Hladká Ľudmila, Ing.
Annotation: The thesis describes the possibilities of Slovak applicants to protect their inventions abroad. The individual methods of application procedure, by which the applicant obtains the grant of a patent abroad, are described only marginally, as a detailed description of the procedure is not the aim of the thesis. It is primarily concerned with the procedure for a national patent application, the procedure for a European patent application and the procedure for an international patent application, a comparison of the aforementioned methods of procedure, their advantages and disadvantages, the elaboration of the concept and, above all, the choice of a strategy for obtaining protection for an invention abroad by various combinations of the aforementioned methods of procedure, as well as the factors influencing the choice of the strategy. Finally, examples of invention protection strategies applying different types of patent application procedure are given.

Author: Belková Janka , Mgr.
Year: 2009
Final Thesis: Information Society
Thesis supervisor: Kucka Ľubomír, PhDr.
Annotation: The final thesis entitled The Information Society is an analysis of the gradual transition of information society impacts from the global level to the European Union, the Slovak Republic and the Industrial Property Office. Through the interpretation of texts by contemporary authors, the emerging trends of the late 20th and early 21st century are outlined. The penetration of information and communication technologies and their impact on the development of society, highlighting the problems associated with their emergence in all spheres of life. Due to the complexity of the topic, the thesis relies on the sources listed in the bibliographical references as well as on the methodological advice of the consultant

Author: Bernátová Adriána, Mgr.
Year: 2006
Final thesis: Products and services of selected patent offices in the field of patent information
Thesis supervisor: Marčok Rastislav, Ing.
Annotation: The aim of the thesis is to get acquainted with the products and services offered by selected patent offices and to provide an informative overview of them for the purpose of comparison and to gain inspiration for the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic in case of the intention to restructure and supplement their products and services to the public. The work is divided into nine parts. The first of these is devoted to the issue of patent information and services in general, with an emphasis on the needs of users of patent information and the provision of services to meet those needs. The other parts deal with the specific services of individual offices

Author: Bieliková Ivana, Ing.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: European Patent Application and European Patent with Designation for the Slovak Republic
Thesis supervisor: Oravec Milan, Ing.
Annotation:The final thesis deals with the issue of European patents. It covers the course of the European patent application procedure up to the grant of the European patent by the European Patent Office in accordance with the European Patent Convention. The next part deals with the implementation of this Convention on the territory of the Slovak Republic.

Author: Blaško Rastislav, Mgr. *
Year: 2010
Final thesis: The influence of the media on the value and market price of a trademark
Thesis supervisor: Belička Ivan, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to gain insight into the intersection of the fields of journalism and intellectual property. Within this broad scope, the thesis focuses on what media and in what ways influence the value and market price of trademarks. Which of these media, and to what extent, can influence trademarks? How does public relations in the media sphere manifest itself in the context of trademarks. Is influence and media image included in the valuation of intangible assets? How is media reflected in the market value of a trademark?

Author: Blaško Jozef, Bc.*
Year: 2010
Final Thesis: The importance of trademark protection for goods and services
Thesis supervisor: prof. JUDr. Vojčík Peter, CSc.
Annotation:The thesis is intended mainly for readers who are interested in learning about the advantages and significance of trademark registration, in other words, why it is advantageous to protect a trade name or the name of a product or service with a trademark. It can also help in decision-making, mostly for entrepreneurs who are hesitant to register a trademark, mainly because they do not know exactly what benefits they will gain from registering a trademark for their product or service. The work is primarily divided into two main parts. In the first part, the author mainly discusses the nature, characteristics, types, value and importance of a trademark for business activity. Also, the first part discusses the significance and role of a brand in business, since a trademark is created by registering just a brand. The second part deals with the specific benefits and rights arising from the registration of a trade mark and the subsequent protection afforded by the trade mark.

Author: Bocková Lucia, Ing.
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Conducting searches aimed at finding out the state of the art in specialized patent databases - EPOQUEThesis supervisor: Laco Ján, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis was to present and describe the Epoque search system as an effective search tool for obtaining relevant documents in the process of patentability search of inventions and state-of-the-art search of utility model applications. The thesis provides a general description of the Epoque database, the reasons for its creation and its advantages over other publicly accessible databases. An important part is the description of the search execution strategy in Epoque, and the thesis provides a brief overview of the applications found in this system together with a more detailed description of some of the applications (Internal, Viewer, +CLA, X-Full). For the sake of illustration, several illustrative examples are given describing the concrete input of search queries involving some commands, preparations and operators, together with a representation of the search result.

Author: Boháľová Janka, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Evidence in administrative proceedings
Thesis supervisor: Maruniaková Ingrid, JUDr.
Annotation: Evidence before the Office is governed by special legal regulations which are binding for the Office, and their application is to some extent different from evidence generally regulated by the Administrative Code. The aim of the thesis is to highlight, through trade mark proceedings, the cases in which the use of evidence in proceedings before the Office occurs, with the main part of the thesis focusing on specific cases of evidence drawn from the decision-making practice of the Office in specific decisions.

Author: Brabcová Zlatica, Ing.
Year: 2006
Final thesis: Trademark cancellation proceedings and evidence in trademark cancellation proceedings
Thesis supervisor: Maruniaková Ingrid, JUDr.
Annotation:Trademark cancellation proceedings allow, first of all, to ensure the protection of the rights of third parties whose rights have been affected by the registration of a trademark in the register and also to provide redress in cases where a trademark has been registered in the register in violation of the provisions of the law. The aim of the thesis is to highlight a cross-section of the proceedings for the cancellation of a trademark from the point of view of the practice of the Office of the Registrar of Trademarks of the Slovak Republic and to clarify in more detail the very act of proof in such types of proceedings.

Author: Čellárová Zuzana, Ing.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Use of the Internet in conducting prior art searches
Thesis supervisor: Marčok Rastislav, Ing.
Annotation: State-of-the-art searches are an integral part of scientific research work, business activities and marketing. Their results are the basis for determining further research, technical development and corporate strategy. Due to the enormous growth of the Internet, there is such a wealth of information in freely available Internet resources that even non-professionals and beginners involved in searches have the opportunity to find interesting and valuable information if they know how to proceed. The thesis presents some sources of information and tips and principles for conducting a state-of-the-art search using illustrative examples.

Author: Dibdiak Ľubomír, Ing.
Year: 2006
Final thesis: Application of the Nice Agreement in the Madrid system of trademark registration
Supervisor: Betková Andrea, Ing.
Annotation:The purpose of this thesis is to present a narrow area of industrial property, namely the classification of goods and services in international trademark proceedings under the Madrid system. The thesis contains a history of classification, annotated articles and rules concerning classification, examples of errors and defects in trademark registration proceedings, a list of classes of the Nice Classification with explanatory notes, and a list of Madrid and Nice countries.

Author: Dirbáková Beata, Ing.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Interpretation of selected terms and their application in patent claims
Thesis supervisor: Marčoková Lukrécia, Ing.
Annotation:The thesis deals with the interpretation of legal concepts related to the form and content of patent claims. Of these, the clarity of the claims and the support of the claims by a description are of the greatest importance for the unambiguous determination of the scope of patent protection, which is why the greatest attention is paid to them. References are made to decisions of the Boards of Appeal as examples from the practice of the European Patent Office.

Author: Dovalová Katarína, Mgr.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Comparative analysis of creativity development forcing in world patent centres
Thesis supervisor: prof. PhDr. Ing. Prof. Prof. Miroslav Tuma, DrSc.
Annotation:The thesis discusses the topic of fostering and developing creativity. It deals with theoretical issues of the essence of creativity, approaches the beginnings of interest in this phenomenon to its recognition and practical use. Through the different components that can be used to define creativity, the creative individual or the creative product, it seeks to highlight the possibilities and methods of its eventual promotion and development. It approaches and describes the process of creativity, pointing out objective and subjective barriers to creativity.In the practical part, the thesis provides an overview of the activities of a few selected institutions that administratively manage the protection of intellectual property objects. The activities include educational and informational activities, consulting and exhibition activities, which many times represent a motivating moment for creative subjects.

Author: Dropčo Vladimír, Ing.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Making the electronic services of the Office of the Public Procurement of the Slovak Republic accessible to the publicThesis supervisor: Oravec Milan, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to provide users with basic information about the available electronic products in the field of intellectual property. The thesis is divided into three parts. In the first one the basic electronic products provided by OHIM for trademarks and designs are presented, in the second one the products provided by EPO for patents and utility models and in the third one the products provided by the Office of the Office of the Slovak Republic for all intellectual property subjects. In the last part, one of the most recent products implemented in the OHIM, namely electronic filing of forms, was given more space.

Author: Ďaďo Jaroslav, Ing., PhD.*
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Determination of the value of damage in unfair competition proceedings
Thesis supervisor: Litváková Edita, Ing.
Annotation:The final thesis deals with a specific part in the field of intellectual property - determination of the value of damages in unfair competition proceedings. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the definition of individual terms used in the thesis, reflecting the aim of the thesis - value and methods of its determination, damage and its possible forms. The second chapter deals with the theoretical and practical approach used in the world and in Slovakia in determining the value of intellectual property. Market, income and cost methods are briefly described in the text. The main objective was to use the approaches allowed by law to quantify the value of damage caused by unfair competition in the form of patent misuse in the production of patent-protected products without purchasing a licence from the owner.

Author: Ďuriančiková Zuzana, JUDr.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Legal terminology in legal acts of industrial law protection
Thesis supervisor: Hajnalová Zdena, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to present a part of the terminology used in the international regulations of industrial law protection, in the field of trademark law, and its regulation in the legislation of the Slovak Republic. The first part of the thesis briefly characterizes intellectual property and industrial property, their place in the legal system and systematics. The second part of the thesis contains a brief characterisation of the individual legal provisions of industrial law protection (i.e. international treaties, European law and national legislation in this field). The third, supporting part of the thesis deals in detail with selected institutes in the field of trademark law.

Author: Ferenčíková Jarmila, JUDr.*
Year: 2010
Thesis: The importance and availability of industrial law information for scientific and academic societyThesis supervisor: Marčok Rastislav, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis was to show the importance and availability of industrial law information for scientific and academic society. The thesis is divided into four parts, the first two of which are theoretical in nature. The first part focuses on the development and brief characteristics of scientific and academic society, the second on the basic division of industrial law information, its system and sources. The third part is devoted to the importance and availability of industrial law information in the practice of a particular public university as a major academic and scientific society, and the fourth part concludes with specific current problems in the field of intellectual property at a public university and an outline of one of the possible ways of solving them.

Author: Fraňo Ivan, Ing.
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Collective and certification trademarks
Thesis supervisor: Hajnalová Zdena, Ing.
Annotation: The aim of the thesis is to present the issues and provide information in the field of technical and procedural aspects related to the application procedures for collective and certification trademarks, including their registration and subsequent use in practice both in the Slovak Republic and in the international context. The first part of the article generally refers to the current state of the art in collective and certification trade mark application proceedings. The second part introduces the procedure for filing and examination of applications for collective and certification marks. The third part describes the issues relating to the post-registration period of these trade marks. The fourth part presents selected cases relating to collective and certification marks.

Author: Gentileová Helena, Ing.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: PATLIB Centres and Support Information Centres in selected European countries
Thesis supervisor: Marčok Rastislav, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to introduce the activities of patent information centres and contact information points, which are included in the network of regional patent information centres operating within Europe under the name PATLIB, with their products and services offered. It also highlights the importance of intellectual property and industrial law information as one of the most important attributes for the economic development of any society. It provides information on the main services and activities of the centres aimed at popularising industrial property in order to raise public awareness in this field. The work is divided into two main parts. The first one is devoted to the importance of patent information and general information about PATLIB centers. The second part deals specifically with patent information centres in selected European countries. 

Author: Geschnábelová Viera, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Assessing novelty and inventive activity
Thesis supervisor: Marčoková Lukrécia, Ing.
Annotation:The thesis deals with the essential information concerning the patentability of inventions, with the main attention being paid to the criteria of novelty and inventive activity. The thesis is divided into two main parts, with the first part concerning novelty of the invention focusing on the state of the art and the principles of novelty assessment. The second part deals with inventive activity, and in particular with the principle of evaluating inventive activity in the manner of "problem and its solution". As examples from practice, references are made to decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office.

Author: Jakubec Miroslav, Ing. *
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Use of trademark valuation in corporate practice
Thesis supervisor: Litváková Edita, Ing.
Annotation:The final thesis is focused on the issue of the use of trademark valuation in corporate practice. The issue of valuation of company assets has become a highly topical topic since 1989. Nowadays, the group of intangible assets, which many times represent a substantial part of the company's assets, is gaining importance within this area. In my view, the methods of valuation of intangible assets and, in particular, trademarks are not sufficiently regulated in the Slovak Republic. Therefore, the thesis focuses on the whole range of methods that can be used in the valuation of a trademark and the reasons for this valuation.

Author: Janišová Veronika, JUDr. *
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Legal regulation of advertising of medicines
Thesis supervisor: Bačárová Renata, JUDr.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis was to analyse the legal regulation of advertising of medicines, legislative norms of media law related to advertising of medicines in Slovakia in relation to supranational legislation, to outline the controversial issues and legislative background, considerations de lege ferenda. The final thesis contains eight chapters.In the second chapter, I present a brief cross-section of the historical development of the advertising of medicines in marketing communication, as well as the historical development of the advertising and promotion of medicines on the territory of Slovakia.In the third chapter I discuss advertising in relation to intellectual property law.In the remaining chapters I analyse the legal regulation of advertising of medicinal products in our territory, supranational legislation on medicinal products, national institutions supervising the advertising of medicinal products, selected court decisions and positive findings from decision-making practice.

Author: Kardoš Peter, Ing., PhD.*
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Determination of the value of a trademark for the purposes of a non-monetary contribution
Thesis supervisor: Litváková Edita, Ing.
Annotation:The main objective of the thesis was to work out a practical example in connection with the valuation of a trademark for the purposes of a non-monetary contribution and to point out the problems encountered by experts in the field of industrial property when applying the method of licensing analogy. The value of a trade mark is influenced by a number of factors which in many cases are not sufficiently quantified in expert reports and their lack of analysis causes significant differences between the valuation of the IP and its actual market value. The various factors influencing the value of a trade mark - production volume, the appreciation coefficient, the capitalisation rate coefficient, the amount of the royalty, but not least the choice of the correct method - are more or less routinely used in practice, which is not correct. This is because it is a very specific valuation issue where each case must be treated separately and analysed in detail.

Author: Klavec Karol, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: The link between the international design registration system and the Community design registration systemThesis supervisor: Hajnalová Zdena, Ing.
Annotation:In December 2006, the Council of the EU decided on the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs. The aim of this thesis is to summarize the process of this accession as well as to report in detail on the changes adopted in the regulations and implementing rules. The aim was also to provide information on the international system of filing applications for industrial designs, to present the basic principles of the system of international registration of industrial designs and Community designs, the main missions of the various Offices, the system of proceedings before the Office, its legal framework, structure, principles and general rules of procedure.

Author: Kľučková Viola, Ing.*
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Interweaving of industrial property and economic expert disciplines in the valuation of intangible assets of an enterprise
Thesis supervisor: Mrázová Margita, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to point out on a concrete example the problems connected with the valuation of the property of enterprises and especially the intermingling of the industrial property department with economic expert disciplines. Nowadays, due to changes in economic conditions, the accession to the European Union and the pressure to adapt to the requirements applicable in developed economies, the view on intellectual property and the related activities of expert organisations and experts is changing. The practical part of the thesis consists of the elaborated expert opinion of the company for the determination of the general value of a part of the company's assets, namely the determination of the general value of the intangible assets of the company, in compliance with the applicable legislative regulations.

Author: Koprdová Stanislava, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Changes in the Madrid system legislation
Thesis supervisor: Dibdiak Ľubomír, Ing.
Annotation: Recent developments in the system of international registration of trademarks, changes in the legislation: in the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, change in Article 9sexies and its consequences, changes in the Common Implementing Provisions to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and to the Protocol to this Agreement.

Author: Lutringová Ingrid, Mgr.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: The link between the Community trade mark system and the international registration system under the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement
Thesis supervisor: Hajnalová Zdena, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to provide background information on the accession of the European Community to the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of trade marks. The first part of the thesis presents a brief description and comparison of the existing methods of obtaining protection for signs abroad. The second part of the work consists of a summarised translation of the part of the methodology issued by OHIM relating to international trade marks with a European Community designation.

Author: Matušovič Martin, Ing.*
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Selected issues of management and valuation of intellectual property
Thesis supervisor: Litváková Edita, Ing.
Annotation:The presented thesis is focused on the issue of intellectual property, which we deal with at our workplace. It contains the formulation of hypotheses, definition of the aim, methodology, procedures and methods used in the work. The theoretical background of the issue under study is the basis. In particular, it includes the arrangement of the theoretical views of the authors on the problem of defining some concepts and systematization of intellectual property. It also focuses on the management of intellectual property in enterprises, the management and coordination of several related processes, it addresses the issues of valuation and valuation of individual components of intellectual property, which are closely related to the provision and maintenance of intellectual property protection. In the individual parts of this work, the information obtained is evaluated on the basis of the use of selected scientific methods analyzed.

Author: Mesiariková Adriána, Mgr.
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Ethical principles in the process of intellectual property protection
Thesis supervisor: Kyliánová Darina, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of this thesis is to highlight the moral aspects of intellectual property protection. Our ambition will be to give partly an answer to the given issue, to point out the increasing importance of intellectual property and the necessity of applying ethical principles in this area, as well as to indicate some problems that require discussion to improve the current state of affairs.

Author: Michalovský Marián, Ing.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Ways of obtaining international protection of industrial rights for Slovak applicants
Thesis supervisor: Oravec Milan, Ing.
Annotation:The purpose of this thesis is to provide basic information on the various ways of obtaining industrial law protection abroad. The work covers all forms of industrial property, namely patents, utility models, designs, trademarks and designations of origin. The aim of the work is to compare the different ways of obtaining industrial protection, their advantages and disadvantages. In the first part of the thesis, industrial rights to the results of creative intellectual activity are presented. The second part introduces industrial rights to designations.

Author: Mikulíková Lenka, Ing.*
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Issues of licensing of intellectual property
Thesis supervisor: Litváková Edita, Ing.
Annotation: Intellectual property objects are intangible goods. Intellectual property rights can be divided into copyright and industrial property rights. When we consider the concept of a licence for intellectual property objects, we think of granting the right to use it to a person other than its owner. A licence may be granted, for example, by the owner of a patent or a trademark. In practice, we encounter different types of licences (exclusive and non-exclusive licence, pure and mixed licence, pooled licence, cross-licence, active and passive licence, tacit licence, offer of licence, compulsory licence, statutory licence, sub-licence) and types of licence agreements (patent licence agreement, trademark licence agreement, licence agreement for an application for protection of an intellectual property subject-matter). In addition to the above, other types of contracts that may be concluded in connection with intellectual property objects are also mentioned in the thesis, e.g. a contract for the transfer of rights to intangible goods, a know-how contract, an option contract, a confidentiality contract and others.

Author: Močko Juraj, RSDr.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Protection of a classified patent application in the Office of the Patent Office of the Slovak Republic
Thesis supervisor: Bachratý Ján, Ing.
Annotation:The final thesis Protection of Classified Patent Application in the Office of the Patent Office of the Slovak Republic introduces the generally binding legal regulations applicable to the protection of classified information and explains that the protection of classified information consists in personal, administrative, physical and object security. The following sections outline the staff procedure for receiving, registering and transmitting a classified patent application. A special section is devoted to the procedure for the classified patent application. It concludes that good conditions for the protection of classified patent applications are in place at the Office for the protection of classified patent applications, but also suggests ways of improving the current situation.

Author: Murčeková Monika, Ing.
Year: 2006
Final thesis: Trademark search - elimination of possible disputes
Thesis supervisor: Slobodník Marián, Ing.
Annotation:The final thesis deals with the issue of trademark search. The thesis contains a brief description of individual databases used in trademark search at the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic. The thematic part of the thesis discusses the types of trademark searches, the creation of search queries using search tools in the national database Inventio and practical examples of the creation of search queries together with the relevant search results.

Author: Pančík Milan, Ing.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Analysis of selected decisions concerning supplementary protection certificates for pharmaceuticals and plant protection products
Thesis supervisor: Marčoková Lukrécia, Ing.
Annotation:The thesis offers an overview and analysis of the judgments of the Court of Justice in cases concerning supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products and plant protection products. These are decisions which provide an interpretation of the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products, as amended, and Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, as amended.

Author: Piško Radoslav, Ing. *
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Valuation of business assets, including the content and extent of intangible assets
Thesis supervisor: Mrázová Margita, Ing.
Annotation: The aim of the thesis is to point out the issues related to the valuation of the assets of enterprises on a concrete example. The first, theoretical part briefly explains the methods and procedures of valuation of business assets applied in our conditions by experts in the relevant field on the basis of valid Slovak legislation. The second part of the thesis consists of the prepared expert opinion of the company for the determination of the general value of the company's assets, which also includes the determination of the general value of the intangible assets of the company.

Author: Riečanová Jana, Ing.
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Exclusions from patenting of biotechnological inventions
Thesis supervisor: Marčoková Lukrécia, Ing.
Annotation:The thesis defines exclusions from patentability of biotechnological inventions. It also presents selected decisions of the Boards of Complaints of the European Patent Office as examples of solutions of disputed cases of patentability of biotechnological inventions.

Author: Samčíková Zuzana, Ing. *
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Comparison of copyright protection in the world
Thesis supervisor: Szattler Eduard, JUDr.
Annotation:The origin of copyright and copyright under the Slovak Copyright Act. Characteristics of copyright laws of selected countries of the world such as Slovakia, Czech Republic, France, UK, USA, Canada, Kenya, Australia using selected criteria: subject matter of copyright protection, formalities, property rights, duration of property rights, personality rights, limitations of copyright, statutory licenses or free uses, rights to a previously unpublished work, exceptions to protection under AP in the public interest, "public domain". Summary and comparison of significant differences.

Author: Sliacka Anna, Mgr.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Infocentre - a new approach to the public
Thesis supervisor: Oravec Milan, Ing.
Annotation:The final thesis is aimed at presenting the activities of the Infocentre at the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic with a statistical overview of the number of services provided. The author presents the reasons and justification for its establishment, its structure, the scope of information provided by the staff of the infocentre on individual types of industrial law protection in the sense of the legislation in force.

Author: Striha Radovan, Ing.*
Year: 2009
Final thesis: The intermingling of industrial law subjects with the economic activity of business entities.
Thesis supervisor: Harmaniaková Anna, Ing, PhD.
Annotation:The aim of this thesis is to present the manifestation of the subjects of industrial property rights in the economic activity of an enterprise, especially in the accounting representation of the enterprise's assets. Industrial property rights, such as technical improvements and rights to exclusive designation of goods and services, guarantee the uniqueness of the enterprise's production. Therefore, in view of the changing laws in the Slovak Republic and the European Union, the display of such industrial property rights and their recognition in the economic records of the undertaking is important not only for the internal display and for the correct tax records, but also as a presentation of the economic entity to the outside world. Also, the issue of valuation and registration of industrial rights is necessary for the compilation of the economic result and for its subsequent correct taxation.

Author: Šramota František, Ing.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Application not filed in good faith.
Thesis supervisor: Hajnalová Zdena, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to present the issue of assessment of applications that have not been filed in good faith in the proceedings of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, as well as of other offices and institutions. The first part of the paper refers generally to the concept and meaning of a trademark. The second part contains basic information on bad faith in trade mark law. The third and fourth parts deal with the main topic of this thesis, namely applications not filed in good faith.

Author: Ševčenková Anita, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Patenting of biotechnological inventions today
Thesis supervisor: Brezňanová Ingrid, Ing.
Annotation:The thesis deals with the issue of legal protection of biotechnological inventions. In the introductory part, the subject of biotechnology, its beginnings, current development and the importance of legal protection of inventions in this field are defined. The next part describes the legal regulation that provides the basic rules of patenting biotechnological inventions and a theoretical introduction to the issues of ethics and morality in the application of modern biotechnology. In the following section, the most common subjects of protection are presented with specific examples.

Author: Šípoš Július, PhDr.
Year: 2007
Final thesis: Promotion and popularization of intellectual property protection in the Slovak Republic
Thesis supervisor: Vojčík Peter, JUDr.
Annotation:The thesis consists of three parts. The first one is devoted to the activities of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic related to the promotion and popularization of intellectual property protection (e.g. Jan Bahýl Award, publishing and educational activities, information centre, open days, satellites of the Office, cooperation with the media, etc.).The first part is devoted to the activities of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic related to the promotion and popularization of intellectual property protection (e.g.The second part of the work concerns activities outside the IPO, i.e. some institutions and associations that also try to make the public understand the importance of IP protection as a strategic tool for the economic and social development of the country.The conclusion of the thesis is based on the question: What is the final effect of the promotion and popularization of intellectual property protection in the Slovak Republic?

Author: Šlichtová Margaréta, Mgr.
Year: 2007
Final Thesis: Industrial Rights Transfers
Thesis supervisor: Bachratý Ján, Ing.
Annotation:Legislative-legal framework of transfers in the field of industrial rights, which are among the fundamental rights of the owner of the object of industrial law protection and which are governed by a contractual system based on specific types of contracts in the field of industrial rights (as lex specialis) following the general regulation of the Civil and Commercial Code (as lex generalis). Specifics of registration of transfers in the registers of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic for all subjects of industrial rights separately, according to the applicable industrial law regulations.

Author: Vajcíková Lenka, JUDr.
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Analysis of selected decisions on preliminary questions in the field of trademarks
Thesis supervisor: Maruniaková Ingrid, JUDr.
Annotation:The thesis offers, in addition to an overview and analysis of some judgments of the Court of Justice in the field of trademarks, a brief description of the preliminary ruling procedure before the Court of Justice and the impact of this procedure on the development of European Union law. The decisions of the Court of Justice that are the subject of the thesis concern the obstacles to the registration of a trade mark, the use of the trade mark in comparative advertising and the relationship between the trade mark and the designation of origin.

Author: Vlček Miroslav, Ing.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Application of Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention and international non-proprietary names of pharmaceuticals in the examination of trademark applications
Thesis supervisor: Hajnalová Zdena, Ing.
Annotation:The purpose of this thesis is to present the practice of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic concerning the application of Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention and international non-proprietary names of pharmaceuticals against the background of harmonization processes taking place in the international intellectual property system. The first part refers generally to the trademark, its content definition and to the legislation governing this issue. The second part focuses on the harmonisation processes taking place in the international intellectual property system. The third and fourth parts focus on a more in-depth analysis of Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention and the system of international non-proprietary names of pharmaceuticals, with reference to the practice of the Office in this area.

Author: Vránsky Miroslav, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Well-known trademarks and trademarks with a reputation
Thesis supervisor: Maruniaková Ingrid, JUDr.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to present the issue of assessment of well-known trademarks and trademarks with reputation in opposition or cancellation proceedings. The first part generally highlights the history and development in the field of trademark rights, the second part contains basic information about trademarks as such and the third part is devoted to the main topic of this thesis, namely, well-known trademarks and trademarks with a reputation.

Author: Záchenská Miroslava, Ing.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Cancellations of utility models in Europe
Thesis supervisor: Bachratý Ján, Ing.
Annotation:The thesis contains information on utility model protection and laws related to these objects of protection. The main part of the thesis is a collection of basic information on deletions or cancellations of utility models or other alternative forms of protection of inventions.A substantial part is devoted to cancellations in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with respect to the original common law on utility models. In order to clarify the decision-making practice of the offices in these countries, specific final decisions on the deletion of a utility model, on the partial deletion of a utility model and on the rejection of a request for deletion are attached.The last part is devoted to the reasons for cancellation or revocation of utility models or alternative forms of protection and the course of proceedings in some selected European countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, France, the Netherlands, Denmark).

Author: prof. Ing. Zajac Jozef , CSc.
*Year: 2010
Final thesis: Creating a system of intellectual property protection at universities
Thesis supervisor: Kyliánová Darina, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of the thesis is to highlight the need for intellectual property protection, especially in technical universities, where this issue is very topical. The thesis points out the need for creative scientific work and implementation of innovative elements in research and educational activities, as well as the necessity to promote innovation in every field of research, which should be contributed to by the creation of a university centre. Its objectives and content are elaborated in the thesis.

Author: Zaušková Jana, Ing.
Year: 2010
Final thesis: Processing of administrative and maintenance fees in the practice of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak RepublicThesis supervisor: Oravec Milan, Ing.
Annotation:The final thesis focuses on the issue of administrative and maintenance fees collected and processed by the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic. It explains the concepts for the parties to the proceedings as well as the individual steps and procedures in the processing of these fees.

Author: Zeleňák Martin, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: International Classification of Figurative Elements of Trademarks and its Application in the National Trademark Database
Thesis supervisor: Marčok Rastislav, Ing.
Annotation: Patent information available in trademark databases represents a vast source of results of human intellectual creativity. Accurate classification is a prerequisite for perfect orientation in the sources of information. The Vienna Classification is the result of international cooperation. It is used as a universal tool for the classification of graphical data as well as for the systematic retrieval of relevant graphical elements in databases. The comprehensiveness of the Vienna Classification offers great opportunities for the development of quality in the system of organisation and use of the data contained in national trade mark databases.

Author: Zemenčíková Romana, Mgr.
Year: 2007
Final Thesis: Specifics of international trademark proceedings
Thesis supervisor: Dibdiak Ľubomír, Ing.
Annotation:This thesis deals with the basic differences in the registration of a trademark under national legislation - in the territory of the Slovak Republic and the registration of an international trademark under the Madrid system.

Author: Žatkuliak Emil, Ing.
Year: 2009
Final thesis: Developing elements of the current policy of international institutions in the field of intellectual property protection (WIPO, WTO, WHO)Thesis supervisor: Kyliánová Darina, Ing.
Annotation:The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive picture of the way intellectual property protection (industrial and copyright) is applied as one of the effective tools in solving development problems in the sense of the UN Millennium Goals in the agenda of the relevant international organizations, in this case the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Author: Žiak Tomáš, Ing.
Year: 2008
Final thesis: Absolute grounds for registration exclusion following decisions of OHIM and judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Thesis supervisor: Hajnalová Zdena, Ing.
Annotation:The case law of the ECJ has a fundamental influence on the current form of the trademark law of the EU Member States and thus significantly influences the interpretation of Slovak national trademark law after the accession of the Slovak Republic to the EU. The aim of the thesis is to present the decision-making practice of OHIM (firstly, because Community trade marks are valid and effective in the territory of the Slovak Republic after the enlargement, and secondly, because OHIM decisions in invalidity proceedings can be appealed to the ECJ) and the ECJ in the context of absolute grounds for registration exclusion.