Organization : Government of the Republic of Croatia
Facility : INCENTIV Intellectual Property Information Centre
Country : Croatia
Website : https://gov.hr/en/intellectual-property-information-centre-incentiv/1454
What is INCENTIV?
INCENTIV provides professional assistance to anyone requiring information on the effective protection, use or management of intellectual property. The Intellectual Property Information Centre – INCENTIV is a public information and service centre of the State Intellectual Property Office which provides professional assistance to anyone requiring information on the effective protection, use or management of intellectual property.
Related / Similar Facility : Croatia Industrial Design Protection Procedure
How To Access INCENTIV Facility?
INCENTIV provides you with free specialized information on how to protect your own intellectual property on a national or international level or how to lawfully use or avoid infringing upon another person’s intellectual property.
The specialized information is limited to basic information on all forms of intellectual property, protection procedures in the Republic of Croatia and international protection. The instructions and recommendations that INCENTIV provides are based on existing national and international regulations and do not apply to specific administrative proceedings.
Direct oral consultations are provided at the INCENTIV premises, by phone and online counselling, and written inquiries may be sent by mail, fax, or e-mail.
INCENTIV
Ulica grada Vukovara 78, 10000 Zagreb
e-mail: info@dziv.hr
telephone +385(0)1 6109 825
Apart from specialized information, INCENTIV also offers professional services of performing searches of registered industrial property funds, as well as a specialized library and reading room.
Training Academy of Intellectual Property
Find out information about courses and workshops on intellectual property and its protection that can be attended by all interested parties. The State Intellectual Property Office systematically develops public training programmes on intellectual property and its protection. Training programmes can be found on the website of the State Intellectual Property Office.
General Distance Learning Course on Intellectual Property
A particularly appropriate way of acquiring basic knowledge of intellectual property is the General Distance Learning Course on Intellectual Property (online) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (course code: DL-101).
In cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization, the State Intellectual Property Office enables free attendance of this course in Croatian (course code: DL-101HR). The course in Croatian is compliant with the curriculum of the original DL-101 course, and an electronic certificate is obtained upon its successful completion, equivalent to the DL-101 course certificate issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The course curriculum is available on the website of the State Intellectual Property Office.
The participant is assigned a mentor, an expert in the field of intellectual property, who is at their disposal to assist them in any way in acquiring the necessary knowledge as easily and as much as possible. The course consists of eleven modules, one for each specific area of intellectual property. Each module contains questions at the end for the purpose of verifying the acquired knowledge. At the end of the course, a final examination is taken.
The examination consists of multiple-choice questions. The examination shall be completed online within two and a half hours (150 minutes). All participants are informed about the manner of taking the final examination one week before the end of the course.