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The Back Office project kicks off accross Europe

The Back Office project kicks off accross Europe

An OHIM team was in Athens for two weeks, working with both Greek offices to prepare the Back Office project. As the pilots near completion in Finland and Poland, 10 other intellectual property offices are getting ready to follow. These include Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, BOIP, Greece GGE, Greece OBI, Malta, Slovenia, Romania, and Spain. Both Greek […]

Lithuania joins DesignView

Lithuania joins DesignView

As of today 18 December, the registered designs data of the Lithuania State Patent Bureau (SPB) has been integrated into the DesignView database, making the SPB the twelfth EU National and regional IP Office to join the tool. The other eleven Offices that have integrated Designview are: Portugal, Benelux, Estonia, Spain, Greece OBI, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Latvia, Slovenia, Czech Republic […]

Lithuania joins e-Learning

Lithuania joins e-Learning

OHIM announced that the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic and the Polish Patent Office have joined the e-Learning for SMEs tool. The online tool informs users in a concise manner about the different types of IP rights applicable to the selected products or services and how to protect them […]

Volume of registered inventions in Lithuania is growing along with their quality

Volume of registered inventions in Lithuania is growing along with their quality

Lithuania has been observing a consistent growth in the number of patented inventions. Universities and businesses, mostly patenting in the renewable energy, food industry and electronics-areas, are among the most active in this field. In 2013, the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania has received 82 patent applications from national inventors. A number […]

Lithuania Amends Trademark Law

Lithuania Amends Trademark Law

VILNIUS – After Lithuania’s parliament ratified the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks on November 8, 2012, it also adopted the amendments to Lithuania’s Law on Trademarks, which will enter into force on June 1, 2013. The trademark law amendments and the related amendments to the Law on Fees for the Registration of Industrial […]