15 July (Geneva). Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania in Geneva Mr. Arūnas Jievaltas made a statement on behalf of the Lithuanian delegation at the 63rd session of the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter - WIPO).

On 7 April, 2022 the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB) has successfully completed the integration of its trade mark and design register data systems with the intellectual property register in the Blockchain network.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published a Common Communication on Evidence in Trademark Appeals prepared by EUIPO and the national intellectual property offices (NIPO).

According to the 2020 European Patent Index, last year the number of European patents applications filed by Lithuanian applicants to the European Patent Office increased by as much as 72.4%, namely from 29 to 50 applications.

Despite the growing scale of counterfeiting and increasing seizure of fake goods, a social experiment commissioned by the State Patent Bureau revealed that most Lithuanians do not consider buying counterfeit products if they are clearly aware it is a forgery.

Provisions of the Law on Fees, Patent Law, Design Law and Trademark Law provide that after announcement of the state of emergency or quarantine in the whole territory of the Republic of Lithuania and therefore imposing restrictions related to free movement of persons or freedom of economic activities, time limits ...