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Our intellectual property experts authored country chapters in the review World Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies published by the Center for International Legal Studies. Partner Ieva Andersone wrote about Latvian regulations while counsel Stasys Drazdauskas covered the situation in Lithuania. The study covers various aspects of intellectual property regulation, including patents, copyright, trade and service […]
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Publication / Marina Golovnitskaya, Stefan Tomchyk
Non-use trademark cancellation is quite a common legal tool for combatting trademark piracy, as well as preventing rightsholders from “taking up space” with inactive trademark registrations. General rules In Belarus, a trademark registration may be fully or partially cancelled by a decision of the Intellectual Property Board of the Supreme Court if, without a valid […]
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Estonians have not yet recovered from this fall’s electricity price shock, while the 2022 state budget already aims to considerably hike traffic fines and state fees. As if that was not enough, the government introduced a bill in late September that promises to increase the tax burden further, our partner Allar Jõks and counsel Piibe […]
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On 1 November 2021, important legal changes that will apply to companies that sell food, drinks or agricultural products will come into effect. The UTP (Unfair Trading Practices) Directive will be transposed to Lithuanian law. One of the goals of this Directive is to ensure balanced relationships between buyers and suppliers. What does this mean […]
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Several amendments to the Latvian Insolvency Law have been adopted over the course of the Summer. In addition, a separate law providing for the discharge of obligations of natural persons has been passed and will come into force on 1 January 2022. Here is an outline of these changes. Our colleague Edvīns Draba sharing the […]
