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Legal News Intellectual Property This newsletter is European Union News presented to you by: Vilija Viešūnaitė Partner, Lithuania Black and white trademarks do not cover all colours anymore [email protected] On 15th of April 2014 the trademark offices of the European Union have agreed on a common practice with regard to trademarks in B&W and/or greyscale... Read more The European Court of Justice has stated that misleading advertising and unlawful comparative Alīna Sokolovska advertising are two independent infringements... Lawyer, Latvia [email protected] Read more The European Court of Justice brings good news for designers The European Court of Justices handled two important questions for Karmen Turk designers in Karen Millen Fashions case... Lawyer, Estonia Read more [email protected] The European Court of Justice ordered ISP to block the site The European Court of Justice examined a situation where a website was offering, without any consent... Read more Lithuania News Registration of two coloured trademarks in the Republic of Lithuania The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Lithuania adopted a decision in the biggest flee market/second- hand shop in the Baltic States „HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE BALTIC“ case... Read more Latvia News The Dutch company “Inter IKEA Systems B.V.” was awarded for non- pecuniary damage The Court of Appeal satisfied the Dutch company’s “Inter IKEA Systems B.V.” claim against Latvian company SIA “I-Home” and prohibited SIA “I-Home” from using the World’s well known trademark “IKEA”... Read more Estonia News Estonian Supreme Court: Viasat does not require consent from authors In 2011 Estonian Authro’s Union (EAU) presented claims against Viasat: to order Viasat to refrain from providing the signal of 42 different television programmes (incl. ETV, ETV2, Kanal 2, TV3, TV6 and Kanal 11) to end consumers without obtaining a prior permission (license) from EAU... Read more Delfi v Estonia: online environments should control the content On July 9 2014, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held a hearing in the dispute Estonia and Delfi regarding the matter on how media companies should act concerning content created by users... Read more Newsletter is compiled for general information only and therefore should not be treated as legal consulting. Therefore we recommend you to contact law firm for further information regarding the topics discussed in the newsletter. .

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