Protection of intellectual property is one of most compliant legal areas. This means that regulations on the protection of intellectual property in most countries of the world follow the same principle and differ only in nuances. Several international treaties governing the interstate aspects in the protection of intellectual property. The importance of intellectual property in today's modern society confirmed the existence of the World Intellectual Property Organization with headquarters in Geneva, which acts as a specialized agency under the auspices of the United Nations. For the implementation of all forms of intellectual property in the Republic of Croatia is the State Intellectual Property Office, government body that carries out the procedures for the recognition of intellectual property rights, except in the part relating to the protection of geographical indications and apellations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, as and the traditional specialty at the national level, of which the registration of the Ministry of agriculture and dealing with the accompanying professional and legislative activity. An important part of the activities of the Institute makes the information and service activities in the field of intellectual property is therefore possible to make a search of relevant databases concerning industrial property and acquire Croatian Intellectual Property Gazette, the official journal that contains information from the procedure for the award of industrial property rights and other official information Purpose of this paper is to familiarize the participants of the symposium "Economy of the eastern Croatian - Vision and Growth" to the exercise of intellectual property rights in the Republic of Croatia as the Intellectual Property inevitable factor in the conclusion of business relationships that occur between their participants. Intellectual property is an important economic, but also legal factor in achieving them. Considering of the intensifying globalization and competitiveness on the world market, intellectual property is gaining in importance every day. Parallel to this, requests subjects of international trade relations for the protection of intellectual property rights became more demanding. From reasons of protection the subjects involved in the conclusion of business relations, it is necessary to know the intellectual property rights.
