Intellectual property protection in Croatia
Croatia general info
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean, climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. Croatia is located in Central and Southeast Europe, bordering Hungary to the Northeast, Serbia to the East, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Southeast, Montenegro to the Southeast, the Adriatic Sea to the Southwest and Slovenia to the Northwest. The country's population is 3.88 million. Having joined on 1 July 2013, Croatia is the newest, 28th member state of the European Union.
IP Legal Base in Croatia
Patent Act and the Act on Amending the Patent Act
Patent Regulations and Regulations on Amendments to the Patent Regulations
Trademarks Act and the Act on Amendments to the Trademarks Act
Industrial Design Act and the Act on Amendments to the Industrial Design Act
Industrial Design Regulations and Regulations supplementing the Industrial Design Regulations
Act on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products
Regulations on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Products
International organizations/agreements
Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
European Patent Convention
Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents
Trademark Law Treaty
Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
Patent Law Treaty
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
WIPO Copyright Treaty
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Regulation under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Patent Office Contact Details
State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia
Ulica Grada Vukovara 78
HR - 10000 Zagreb
Phone: +385 1 61 06 100
Fax: +385 1 61 12 017
Email: info@dziv.hr
www.dziv.hr
IP registration costs
Fees associated with registration of IP rights in Croatia are available in the fee calculator.
✓ Last verified: 21 April 2026 by Vukmir & Associates.
Please contact us if the above information is not in conformity with Croatian IP Laws