The start of 2023 has been rather eventful for Belarusian intellectual property (IP) legislation. The Belarusian Government has allowed usage of IP owned by residents of “unfriendly states”, under certain conditions (with compensation for the use still possible), and opened the country’s market to parallel import – again, under certain conditions. Please see the overview […]
How will the Unified Patent Court work? What are the most outstanding trademarks in Estonia? What are the recent amendments to Latvian IP law? What is the distinctive character of domains from the perspective of Lithuanian law? Find the answers to these questions and explore other highlights in this overview prepared by our Intellectual Property […]
We successfully represented Šiaulių plentas, a road and bridge construction company. before the Supreme Court of Lithuania in a case regarding the unlawful off-set of contractual late interest by the Lithuanian Road Administration. Šiaulių plentas was awarded EUR 235,000, 8% procedural interest and litigation costs. The main dispute in the case arose due to the […]
Deals & Cases / Laurynas Lukošiūnas, Žilvinas Briedis
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a clarification in a case still pending before Lithuanian courts concerning the construction project of Lazdynai swimming pool in Vilnius municipality. The clarification on the conditions for blacklisting companies is particularly relevant and favourable for business. The Court of Justice noted that the inclusion of […]