Introducing a new law on trademarks As of 23 September 2019, a draft “Trade Mark Law” is being debated in the responsible commission of the Saeima. The draft law has yet to be considered in three parliamentary sessions and is planned to come into force by the end of 2020. The draft law is designed […]
Amended copyright law: open licence introduced On 15 July 2019 a new law introduced amendments to the law “On Copyright and Related Rights”. The majority of amendments will enter into force on 27 May 2020. Probably, the main change is introduction of the notion of an open licence. Belarus law will allow copyright holders to […]
On 12 July 2019, the European Union General Court ruled in favour of German carmaker Audi over registration of the Audimas trademark as an EU trademark. Founded in 1931, Audimas is the largest sportswear manufacturer in the Baltic States and a leading company in the development, design and manufacture of sportswear. In Lithuanian, “audimas” has […]
The Cabinet has decided that the so-called “blank media levy” will continue to be collected on the basis of the existing fee-based system rather than being transferred to a state budget system. However, it was agreed that there is an urgent need to review the list of media to which the levy applies. Discussion on […]
Minsk has hosted the most significant dispute resolution event in our region – the Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF). Meanwhile the most active young participants in the arbitration community from Belarus (Young Alternative Dispute Resolution Belarus and Austria (Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners held a joint conference on the topic “Interaction between courts and tribunals […]