Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

Supplementary Protection Certficates

Hungarian laws and regulations
Community laws and regulations
European practice

Hungarian laws and regulaions

The legal institution of supplementary protection is introduced by Article 22/A of Act XXXIII of 1995 amended by Act XXXIX of 2002 (Patent Act). This provision of the Patent Act lays down that in matters concerning supplementary protection certificates the provisions of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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Government Decree 26/2004. (II. 26.) contains detailed rules concerning the implementation of Community Regulations relating to the supplementary protection of certain products.

Community laws and regulations

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products

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

Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex II: List referred to in Article 20 of the Act of Accession - 4. Company law - C. Industrial property rights - II. Supplementary protection certificates

Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004