In June 2024, Slovenia adopted its National IP Strategy 2030, which has already entered into effect, while an official Action Plan is expected to be adopted soon.

Supported by EUIPO, EPO, and WIPO, the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) hosted a 16-nation meeting on collective rights and an international conference on geographical indications in September and November 2024 respectively, also signing agreements with IP offices in Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, and Austria.

Compared to 2023, Slovenia’s 2024 IP activity showed mixed trends: Slovenia’s trade mark filings declined by 5% nationally and 4% internationally, while EU trade mark applications rose by 14%. Design filings increased by 12% nationally and 15% via the Hague Agreement, while registered EU designs fell by 33%.

Patent filings showed growth, with national applications up by 5%, supplementary protection certificates surging by 48%, and PCT filings via SIPO rising by 32%, while European patents entering Slovenia’s register dropped by 21%.

At the EPO, Slovenia marked its third straight year of growth in patent filings with a 2% rise, surpassing the EU average decline of 0.4%.

Leading fields included electrical machinery, transport, pharmaceuticals, organic fine chemistry, and chemical engineering. With 156 filings, Slovenia ranked 34th at EPO, up from 37th place in 2023, and one-third of its patent applications featured at least one woman inventor.