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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, 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, , TV3, TV6 and ) 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

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