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In Hungary, intellectual property rights holders can easily find the relevant intellectual property laws and regulations they need to protect their inventions, creations, or artistic works, such as the Patent and Invention Protection Law, Trademark and Geographical Indication Protection Law, Design Protection Law, Copyright Law, Utility Model Protection Law, and Customs Management Measures for Industrial Property Infringement. Hungary has established a relatively complete institutional system in intellectual property work. On the one hand, the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office is responsible for exercising government powers related to national intellectual property management and protection; On the other hand, Hungary has also established the Anti Counterfeiting Committee as the main platform for combating infringement and counterfeiting. Hungary has currently joined all major international intellectual property treaties, including the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks, the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of Trademark Registration, and the Universal Copyright Convention. Hungary's constitution and legal system provide strong protection for intellectual property rights holders.
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Patent type
1. Invention patent: 20 years from the date of application
2. Utility model patent: 10 years from the date of application
3. Industrial design patent: 25 years from the date of application -
Patent application language
Hungarian
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Patent regulatory authority
Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)
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Patent regulatory authority
(1) Invention Patent:
1. Single country application;
2. Obtained through the European Patent Convention (EPC) application;
3. PCT application;
4. Application for the Paris Convention.
(2) Design Patent
1. Single country application;
2. Apply for an EU design patent;
3. Hague application for designation of member states;
4. Non registered appearance application;
5. Application for the Paris Convention.
(3) Utility model patent
1. Single country application;
2. PCT application;
3. Application for the Paris Convention.
Submit to the public process for formal review
Conduct substantive examination after public disclosure