We represented a well-known telecommunications company in a trademark opposition matter in Latvia. Our role and client team We prepared an opposition application against the registration of the opponent’s trademark and represented the client at a hearing of the Appellate Board of the Latvian Patent Office. The Appellate Board upheld the opposition by invalidating the […]
We successfully defended the interests of racing organiser National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) in disputes over registration of the NASCAR trademark in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. With the help of our team, the company managed to protect its NASCAR trademark and to invalidate designations of the international registration of an identical trademark […]
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 […]
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 […]