Deals & Cases / Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
Our team advised the leading worldwide manufacturer and seller of velomobiles and trampolines on combating unauthorised trademark registration in Belarus. Sorainen’s assistance covered assessing the chances of a successful outcome and developing a strategy to come out the winner of this battle, as well as preparing and sending a C&D letter to the opponent. As […]
Publication / Stasys Drazdauskas, Paulius Mockevičius, Aušrinė Dambrauskaitė
NASCAR drives for success in trademark dispute Represented by Sorainen, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) won a court case over its trademark in Lithuania. The dispute arose after a pharmaceutical company attempted to register “Nascar” as a trademark for medicine-related goods. Even though NASCAR did not use its brand to mark […]
Publication / Ieva Andersone, Private: Gunvaldis Leitens
On 6 February 2020, the Latvian parliament (the Saeima) adopted a new Trade Marks Law at the third and final reading. The law entered into force on 6 March 2020. Our contribution During the drafting of the new law, some initiatives proposed by our Latvia office partner, sworn attorney Andris Tauriņš, were implemented in the […]
How will Brexit affect your trade mark portfolio? The United Kingdom has entered into a Brexit transition period that will last until 31 December 2020. Here’s what will happen to your EU trade marks on 1 January 2021. Registered EU trade marks will receive a comparable UK trade mark. The UK Intellectual Property Office will […]
Publication / Maksim Salahub, Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
Puma protects its IP As reported in the local media, in February 2020 Puma became more active in combating counterfeit and parallel imports in Belarus. The first infringer was detained and held to administrative liability for illegal sales of sneakers bearing the Puma trademark. During consideration of the case it was found that the infringer […]
