We represented Elisa, Estonia’s leading telecommunications services provider, in a public procurement dispute with Estonian Railways, a railway infrastructure manager, in relation to the terms of a public tender announced by the latter. In accordance with the law At the EUR 300,000 tender, Estonian Railways sought to contract a provider of landline telephone services, including […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. EU Law Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC Entered into force: 17 August 2023 A new law to ensure that batteries are collected, reused and recycled in Europe is entering […]
Publication / Kirill Laptev, Olga Haiduk, Viktoria Shevyakova, Boris Kruglikov
Law No. 280-Z dated 12 July 2023 “On the Application of Special Restrictive Measures” (the Law) was published on 20 July 2023. It defines the principles and the procedure for the application of special restrictive measures, as well as measures to remove obstructions to the protection of the rights, freedoms and legal interests of Belarus in light of unfriendly actions […]
Publication / Sofia Kurochka
The material is compiled by assistant lawyer Sofia Kurochka. Industry Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) Published: 29 June 2023 Date of effect: 14 January […]
We represented our client, an international car maker, during trademark opposition proceedings, rebutting the opposition filed by another car maker before the Latvian Patent Office (the Appellate Board). The opposition was based on the other car maker’s earlier trademark, “VITO”, and was filed against our client’s trademark registration, “AITO”. We represented our client by drafting […]