Lithuania: Business Environment
Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
Patent Patent Law, 1994, last amended in 2001 |
20 years |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
Trademark Law on Trademark, 2000, last amended in 2004 |
Ten years from the date of application, renewable. |
Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
Design Industrial Designs Law, 2002, last amended in 2004 |
Five years, renewable four times, for five-year periods up to 25 years | |
Copyright Law on Copyright and Related Rights, 1999, last amended in 2003 |
During the life of the author and 70 years after his or her death. Recognition of a copyright and its legal protection in Lithuania is not subject to any local registration requirement. |
Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
Industrial Models Industrial Designs Law, 2002, last amended in 2004 |
Five years, renewable four times, for five-year periods up to 25 years |
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