Legal Sources of Intellectual Property
Act XIII of 1995 on the protection of inventions by patents
Government Decree No. 147/2007 (VI. 26.) Korm. on the Detailed Rules Concerning Electronic Filing of Certain Documents in Industrial Property Procedures ( Hungarian only)
Decree No. 20/2002. (XII. 12.) IM on the detailed formalities for patent applications, documents filed in relation to European
patent applications, European patents and international patent applications and for applications for plant variety protection
(Hungarian only)
Act VII of 1994 on the amendments to certain laws of industrial property and copyright (Hungarian only)
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §]
(Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 141/2008. (V. 16.) on the detailed rules of the procedure to declare a patent application a State secret
(Hungarian only)
Act CXVII of 1995 on Personal Income Tax (Hungarian only)
Agreement on the Visegrad Patent Institute
(Promulgated by the Act LXIX of 2015)
Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Hungary and the Visegrad Patent Institute
(Promulgated by the Act IX of 2022 - Annex 2 includes the authentic text in English)
Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents
have been made
Promulgated by the Act CVI of 1999
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 18/1970 - Hungaryan only)
European Patent Convention 2000 (EPC 2000)
(Promulgated by the Act CXXX of 2007 - Hungarian only)
Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention 2000
(Promulgated by the Government Decree No. 319/2007. (XII. 5.) - Hungarian only)
Agreement on the application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents
Act XXIII of 2009 on the accession to the Agreement, dated 17 October 2000 in London, on the application of Article 65 of
the Convention on the Grant of European Patent (Hungarian only)
Patent Cooperation Treaty
(Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 14/1980 - Hungarian only)
Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(Promulgated by the Decree No. 34/2002. (XII. 25.) IM - Hungarian only)
Patent Law Treaty (PLT)
Promulgated by the Act CXXXI of 2007 - Hungarian only)
Regulations under the Patent Law Treaty
(Promulgated by the Government Decree No. 320/2007. (XII. 5.) - Hungarian only)
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 1/1981. - Hungarian only)
Regulations Under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of
Patent Procedure
(Promulgated by the Decree No. 21/2002. (XII. 13.) - Hungarian only)
Act XXXIII of 1995 on the protection of inventions by patents
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §] (Hungaryan only)
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
Act XXXIII of 1995 on the protection of inventions by patents
Decree No. 20/2002. (XII. 12.) IM on the detailed formalities for patent applications, documents filed in relation to European patent applications, European patents and international patent applications and for applications for plant variety protection (Hungarian only)
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §]
(Hungarian only)
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of Marc 19, 1991 as Revised at Geneva (Hungarian only)
Act XXXVIII of 1991 on the protection of utility models
Decree No. 18/2004. (IV. 28.) IM on the detailed formal requirements of the application for utility model protection (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 147/2007. (VI. 26.) on the detailed rules concerning electronic filing of certain documents in industrial property procedures (Hungarian only)
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §]
(Hungarian only)
Act XI of 1997 on the Protection of Trademarks and Geographical Indications
Act No. LXVII of 2018 on Amendments to Certain Acts on Industrial Property (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 147 of 2007 (VI. 26.) Korm. on the Detailed Rules Concerning Electronic Filing of Certain Documents in Industrial Property Procedures (consolidated text of Januray 1, 2017) (2017) (Hungarian only)
Decree No. 16 of 2004 (IV.27.) of Minister of Justice (IM) on the Detailed Formal Requirements of Trademark Applications & Applications for the Protection of Geographical Indications (Hungarian only)
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §]
(Hungarian only)
Act CCII of 2011 on the coat of arms and national flag as well as the state decorations of Hungary (Hungarian only)
Decree No. 37/2012. (VIII. 22.) KIM on consent required for granting protection for trade mark and design containing the coat
of arms or the national flag (Hungarian only)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
(Promulgated by the Law Decree 18/1970 - Hungarian only)
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
(Promulgated by the Law Decree 29/1973 - Hungarian only)
Protocol of 1989 Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
(Promulgated by the Act LXXXIII of 1999 - Hungarian only)
Act XXVI of 2009 on promulgation of the modification of Protocol of 1989 Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International
Registration of Marks (Hungarian only)
Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement (Promulgated by the Decree 4/2005. (III. 11.) IM - The decree includes both the authorized Hungarian translation and the original English text of the Agreement.)
Trademark Law Treaty
(Promulgated by the Act LXXXIII of 1999 - Hungarian only)
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
(Promulgated by the International Agreement 1/1983 - Hungarian only)
Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
(Promulgated by the Act LX of 2008 - Hungarian only)
Act XI of 1997 on the Protection of Trade Marks and Geographical Indications
Decree No. 16/2004. (IV.27.) IM on the detailed formalities of trademark applications and applications for the protection of geographical indications (Hungarian only)
Governmental Decree No. 158 of 2009 (VII. 30.) Korm. regarding the application for the protection of geographical indications of agricultural products, foodstuffs and spirit drinks, and the control of these products ( Hungarian only)
Decision No. 77/2008. (VI. 13.) of the Parliament on the Protection of Hungaricums (Hungarian only)
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §]
(Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 435/2021 (16 July) on the Official Procedures of the Authority in the Grape-Wine Sector and the Liabilities to Supply Data (Hungarian only)
Government Decree 484/2016 (XII. 28.) on the procedure for the protection of geographical indications of flavored wine products in the European Union and on the control of these products (Hungarian only)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
(Promulgated by the Law Decree 18/1970 - Hungarian only)
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
(Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 1/1982 - Hungarian only)
WIPO Lex, Treaties, Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement (as adopted on
October 2, 2018)
Regulation under the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (Promulgated by the Decree No. 231/2021. (V. 6.) (Hungarian only)
Agreement between the People's Republic of Hungary and the Swiss Confederation on the Protection of Indications of Source,
Appellations of Origin and Other Geographical Names Agreement between the People's Republic of Hungary and the Swiss Confederation
on the Protection of Indications of Source, Appellations of Origin and Other Geographical Names
(Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 27/1981 - Hungarian only)
Agreement between the Governments of the People's Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Portugal on the Protection of Indications of Source, Appellations of Origin and Other Geographical Names Agreement between the Governments of the People's Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Portugal on the Protection of Indications of Source, Appellations of Origin and Other Geographical Names (Promulgated by the Decree 49/1986. (XI. 12.) MT - Hungarian only)
Act XLVIII of 2001 on the legal protection of designs
Government Decree No. 147/2007. (VI. 26.) on the detailed rules concerning electronic filing of certain documents in industrial
property procedures (Hungarian only)
Decree No. 37/2012. (VIII. 22.) KIM on consent required for granting protection for trade mark and design containing the coat of arms or the national flag (Hungarian only)
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §]
(Hungarian only)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
(Promulgated by the Law Decree 18/1970 - Hungarian only)
The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Design
Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 29/1984 - Hungarian only)
Regulation under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
(Agreement signed at Locarno on 8 October 1968 was promulgated by the Law Decree No. 29/1973)
Act XXXIX of 1991 on the legal protection of topographies of microelectronic semiconductor products
Government Decree No. 147/2007. (VI. 26.) on the detailed rules concerning electronic filing of certain documents in industrial property procedures (Hungarian only)
Decree No. 19/1991. (XII.28.) IM (Minister of Justice) on the detailed formal requirements of the application for protection of the topographies of microelectronic semiconductor products (Hungarian only)
Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §] (Hungarian only)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
(Promulgated by the Law Decree 18/1970 - Hungarian only)
Act LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright
Act XCIII of 2016 on Collective management of copyright and related rights
Government Decree No. 216/2016. (VII.22.) on the rules of the collective management organizations and independent management
entities and of proceedings concerning collective management regulates collective management in detail (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 138/2014. (IV.30.) on the detailed provisions of the use of orphan works (Orphan Work Decree) (Hungarian only)
Decree 26/2010. (XII. 28.) KIM on the detailed rules of the voluntary register of works
Decree 19/2016. (IX. 5.) IM on rules concerning administrative service fees payable for procedures related to the notification
of collective management organizations and independent management entities’ rights management activities, as well as the authorization
of collective management activities carried out as a representative collective management organization (Hungarian only)
Decree 14/2011 (IV. 7.) NEFMI on the data necessary for determining and distributing the fees due to authors for public lending, and on public libraries obliged to provide data (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 156/1999. (XI. 3.) on Structure and Operation of the Council of Copyright Experts (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 158/2000 on the Determination on the Scope of Reprographic Equipments (Hungarian only)
Act No. CXXX of 2016 on the Code of Civil Procedure
Act No. V of 2013 on the Civil Code
Law Decree No. 13/1979 on International Private Law (Section 19) (Hungarian only)
Act XXXIII of 1995 on the protection of inventions by patents
(as in force today)
Act No. LIII. of 1994 on judicial litigation (Section 184/A.)
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and
Resolution concerning Article XI
(Promulgated by the Law Decree No. III of 1975)
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
(Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 4/1975)
Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
(Promulgated by the Law Decree No. 18/1975)
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
(Promulgated by the Act No. XLIV of 1998)
WIPO Copyright Treaty
Promulgated by Act. No. XLIX of 2004
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
(Promulgated by Act No. XLIX of 2004)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(Promulgated by the Act No. IX of 1998)
Act XXXIII of 1995 on the protection of inventions by patents
Act XLIII of 2010 on central state administrative organs and on the legal status of Government members and state secretaries
(Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 182/2022 (V. 24.) on the competences and powers of the members of Government (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 282/2007 (X. 26.) on the designation of bodies responsible for sectoral requirements in specific fields,
as well as bodies acting exclusively in specific technical matters and providing expert opinions in certain fields - Annex
3 (Hungarian only)
Act No. CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-Determination and Freedom of Information (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 270/2002. (XII. 20.) on the Structure and Operation of the Board of Experts on Industrial Property - (Hungarian only)
Government Decree 156/1999 (XI. 3) on the structure and the operation of the Board of Experts for Copyright - (Hungarian only)
Decree No. 1/2015. (I.22.) IM on the intellectual property education – (Hungarian only)
Act. XXXII of 1995 on Patent Attorneys
Decree No. 76/1995 (XII.29.) IKM on the Patent Attorney Examination (Hungarian only)
Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Examination of Patent Attorneys (Hungarian only)
Decree 24/2004. (VI. 30.) IM of the Minister of Justice on the patent attorney's expenses that can be fixed in court proceedings
as well as on the fees and the refund of costs due to the protector patent attorney (Hungarian only)
AB decision No 65 of 1997 (XII.18.) of Constitutional Courts (Hungarian only)
Code of Ethics of the Patent Attorney Profession
Code of Professional Conduct and Regulation on Liability Insurance of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys (Hungarian only)
Act LXXXVI of 2014 on the scientific research, development and innovation (Hungarian only)
Act No. LXXXI of 1996 on Corporate Tax and Dividend Tax (Section 7 ) (Hungarian only)
[Actual]
Act No. IX of 1998 on the promulgation of the Marrakech Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization concluded within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and of its Annex (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 86/1999 (VI. 11.) on the exemption of certain groups of agreements on technology transfer from the prohibition
of competition limitation (Hungarian only)
Government Decree No. 114 /1999 (VII. 30.) of the on the promulgation of the decision No. 3/99 of the Accession Council between
Republic of Hungary and European Communities and Member Countries thereof about acceptance of methods and conditions of participation
in the Comprehensive Program No. 5 for Research and Technology Development and for Demonstration of the European Union (Hungarian only)


