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Publication / Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka, Maksim Salahub, Kaupo Lepasepp, Mirell Prosa, Oliver Kuusk, Rūta Vaicekauskaitė-Jasionė, Paulius Mockevičius, Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė, Dr Stasys Drazdauskas, Ieva Andersone, Linda Sarāne-Reneslāce, Andris Tauriņš, Jūlija Terjuhana, Private: Gunvaldis Leitens
Our team share another piece of intellectual property (IP) news in the Belarus-Baltics region telling about curious cases, news in legislation, and some measures taken by governments due to the COVID-19 pandemic which may still be helpful to business (mainly extension of statutory deadlines and, in some cases, waiver of statutory duties). IP news from […]
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On 21 January 2020 Competition Council published the results of the market supervision on beer sales market in Latvia. During the market supervision a specific emphasis was put on issues of HoReCa and public event sectors. Exclusive contracts and their role in the market According to the report, the consequences of exclusive sales contracts are […]
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I want to have my logo protected in several EU countries. What is better – to have separate national trademark registrations or an EU registration? What are the pros and cons? Trademark rights have a territorial character, meaning that protection will be in force only in the country where the trademark is registered. If you […]
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Is my trademark protected just because I am using it in my business? Usually no, because the Baltics and Belarus are “first-to-file” countries. This means that a trademark is protected only after successful registration. As an exception to the rule, the law allows a challenge to a trademark on the basis of prior use of […]
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