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Sorainen Latvia advised Medap Systems, a Latvian developer of medical diagnostics equipment software, on trade mark registration and intellectual property protection issues. Sorainen prepared a legal opinion on registrability of the client’s trade marks and contracts related to software protection. The matter is important as it concerns know-how and intellectual property developed by local entrepreneurs […]
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Deals & Cases / Agris Repšs, Raivo Raudzeps
As early as the beginning of January 2017, the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees (LIZDA) went public with their claim that liquidation proceedings of the Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (RPIVA) were not legal. Moreover, LIZDA asked policy makers in education and the parties involved to stop liquidation of the […]
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The Latvian Supreme Court (SC/Court) has decided to partially satisfy a complaint by SIA Bauskas Dzîve (Bauskas Dzīve), publisher of the newspaper Bauskas Dzīve against a decision of the Administrative District Court, which had refused to initiate a case on the basis of Bauskas Dzīve’s application against the conduct of the Council of Iecava Region, publisher […]
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Sorainen was appointed by US company CrossFit to protect its intellectual property rights in the Baltic countries and Belarus. CrossFit performs on-going monitoring to prevent unlawful infringement of its intellectual property – the CROSSFIT trade mark. The company has invested significant resources to develop and popularise this trade mark; thus, it has become a widely-known […]
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Sorainen is helping Prior Rights, an IT start-up company, with legal issues in relation to development of the client’s innovative mobile application, which aims to protect users’ copyrights on photographs. The Sorainen team is advising on the implications of use of the mobile app, copyright enforcement and data protection. Partner Agris Repšs, senior associate Andris […]
