WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
24 October 2001
(01-5214)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
LITHUANIA
Addendum
By means of a communication from its Permanent Mission dated 15 October 2001, the
following notification has been received from Lithuania under Article 63.2 of the Agreement.
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In accordance with Article 63.2 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) and the procedures laid down by the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights in November 1995, the Government of Lithuania hereby notifies to the
Council its other laws and regulations relating to the fields covered by the Agreement, which arelisted in Annex I.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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ANNEX I
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS
TITLE
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Copyright and related rights
Law on the Ratification of the Berne Convention
for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
No. I-1351,
adopted on 28 May 1996.
Entry into force:  12 June 1996.Lithuania joined the Berne Convention.
Law on the Ratification of the International
Convention for the Protection of Performers,
Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting
Organizations  (the  Rome  Convention)
No. VIII-1001,
adopted on 22 December 1998.
Entry into force:  27 January 1999 .Lithuania joined the Rome Convention.
Law on the Ratification of the Geneva
Convention for the Protection of Producers of
Phonograms Against Unauthorised Duplication
of their Phonograms No. VIII-1140,
adopted on 13 April 1999.
Entry into force:  1 October 1999.Lithuania joined the Geneva Convention.
The Strategy for the Protection of Copyright and
Related Rights,
approved by Government Resolution No. 1119 of
29 September 2000.
Entry into force:  7 October 2000.The main purpose of the Strategy is to develop
further in 2000-2003 the system for the
implementation and protection of copyright and
related rights, having regard to the needs andinternational obligations of the Republic of
Lithuania, and to co-ordinate the activities of
public administration institutions and local
authorities in this field, as well as actions of
Copyright Law enforcement institutions and
associations of holders of copyright and related
rights.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
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Trademarks
Law on the Ratification of the Nice Agreement
Concerning the International Classification of
Goods and Services for the Purposes of
Registration of Marks No. I-1521,
adopted on 17 September 1996.
Entry into force for Lithuania: 22 February  1997.Lithuania joined the Nice Agreement Concerning
the International Classification of Goods and
Services for the Purposes of Registration of
Marks.
Law on the Ratification of the Protocol Relating
to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the
International Registration of Marks of 1989
No. VIII-204,
adopted on 29 April 1997.
Entry into force for Lithuania:
15 November 1997.Lithuania joined the Protocol Relating to the
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International
Registration of Marks.
Law on the  Ratification  of  the  Paris
Convention for  the  Protection  of  Industrial
Property  No. I-1349,
adopted on 28 May 1996.
Entry into force for Lithuania:  22 May 1994.Lithuania joined the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property.
Law on the Ratification of the Trademark Law
Treaty (TLT) No. VIII-526,
adopted on 18 November 1997.
Entry into force for Lithuania:  27 April 1998Lithuania joined the Trademark Law Treaty.
Law on Fees for Registration of the Industrial
Property Objects No. IX-352,
adopted on 5 June 2001.
Entry into force on 1 July 2001.This Law establishes the fees for the registration
of trademarks.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
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Governmental Resolution No. 155 on the Order
of Granting the Permission for Use of Lithuanian
State Symbolic in Trademarks and Firm Names,
adopted on 12 February 2001.
Entry into force on 15 February 2001.The Resolution contains provision that the
Minister of Justice has the power to grantpermission for use of Lithuanian State Symbolic
in trademarks and firm names.
Order No. 65 of the Minister of Justice
Establishing the Procedure of the Granting of the
Permission for Use of Lithuanian State Symbolic
in Trademarks and Firm Names,
adopted on 10 April 2001.
Entry into force:  13 April 2001.The Order establishes the detailed procedure of
the granting of the permission for use ofLithuanian State Symbolic in trademarks and
firm names.
Rules for the Registration of Trademarks,
adopted by Order No. 123 of the State Patent
Bureau on 29 December 2000.
Entry into force:  3 February 2001.The Rules contain detailed provisions for the
registration procedure of trademarks before the
State Patent Bureau.
Rules on Appeals and Oppositions,
adopted by Order No. 123 of the State PatentBureau on 29 December 2000.
Entry into force:  3 February 2001.The Rules contain filing, examination and other
proceeding questions of the appeals and
oppositions of trademarks before the State PatentBureau.
Rules on Implementation of the Protocol Relating
to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the
International Registration of Marks,
adopted by Order No. 123 of the State Patent
Bureau on 29 December 2000.
Entry into force:  3 February 2001.The Rules contain detailed provisions for the
filing of the international applications,
examination of international registrations at the
State Patent Bureau.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Geographical indications
Competition Law No. V III-1099, 1
adopted 23 March 1999.
Entry into force:  2 April 1999.This Law contains provisions on the protection of
geographical indications.
Law on Advertising No. VIII-1871,
adopted on 18 July 2000.
Entry into force:  1 January 2001.The Law contains provisions on establishment of
misleading advertising paying particular attentionto the information contained therein regarding the
goods and services, location and origin of their
production, and the liability and fines for use of
misleading advertising.
Law on Trademarks No. VIII-1981, 2
adopted on 10 October 2000.
Entry into force:  1 January 2001.The Law contains provisions on geographical
indications (provisions foresee refusal to register
certain trademarks on the grounds of
geographical indications).
Industrial designs
Law on the Ratification  of  the  Paris
Convention  for  the Protection  of  Industrial
Property  No. I-1349,
adopted on 28 May 1996.
Entry into force for Lithuania:  22 May 1994.Lithuania joined the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property.
Law on Fees for Registration of Industrial
Property Objects No. IX-352,
adopted on 5 June 2001.
Entry into force on 1 July 2001.The Law establishes fees for registration of
industrial property.
                                                     
1 This law has been notified as a main dedicated law and can be found in document IP/N/1/LTU/I/1.
2 This law has been notified as a main dedicated law and can be found in document IP/N/1/LTU/T/1.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
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Order No. 27 of the State Patent Bureau
Regarding Registration of Industrial Design,
adopted on 1 September 1995.
Entry into force:  7 September 1995.The Order regulates detailed application of the
provisions of the Law on Industrial Designrelated to filing, examination of the industrial
design applications and granting of certificates.
Patents (including plant variety protection)
Law on the Ratification of the Patent Cooperation
Treaty (PCT) No. I-1350,
adopted on 28 May 1996.
Entry into force for Lithuania:  5 July 1994.Lithuania joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Law on the Ratification of the Budapest Treaty
on the International Recognition of the Deposit of
Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent
Procedure No. VIII-525,
adopted on 18 November 1997.
Entry into force for Lithuania:  9 May 1998.Lithuania joined the Budapest Treaty on the
International Recognition of the Deposit of
Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent
Procedure.
Law on the Ratification  of  the  Paris
Convention  for  the  Protection  of  Industrial
Property  No. I-1349,
adopted on 28 May 1996.
Entry into force for Lithuania:  22 May 1994.Lithuania joined the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property.
Law on Fees for Registration of Industrial
Property Objects No. IX-352,
adopted on 5 June 2001.
Entry into force:  1 July 2001.The Law establishes patent fees.
Order No. 88 of the State Patent Bureau
Regarding the Filing, Examination of Patent
applications and Granting of Patents,
adopted on 10 December 1998.
Entry into force:  10 December 1998.The Order regulates detailed application of the
provisions of the Law on Patents relating to
filing, examination of patent applications and
granting of patents.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
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Order No. 22 of the State Patent Bureau
Regarding the Regulations of the Extension of
European Patents,
adopted on 25 July 1995.
Entry into force:  29 July 1995.The Order contains provisions on the procedure
of the extension of European patents.
Agreement with the European Patent
Organization (EPO) for Extension of European
Patents,
adopted on 25 January 1994.
Entry into force:  5 July 1994.The Agreement contains provisions on the
possibility to extend European patents toLithuania.
Layout-designs (topographies) of integratedcircuits
Law on Fees for Registration of Industrial
Property Objects No. IX-352,
adopted on 5 June 2001.
Entry into force:  1 July 2001.The Law establishes topographies of
semiconductor products fees.
Order No. 36 of the State Patent Bureau
Regarding the Registration of Topographies of
Semiconductor Products,
adopted on 10 March 1999.
Entry into force:  1 May 1999.The Order regulates detailed application of the
provisions of the Law on the Legal Protection of
Topographies of Semiconductor Products relating
to filing, examination of the topographies of
semiconductor products applications and granting
of certificates.
Protection of undisclosed information
Competition Law No. V III-1099, 1
adopted on 23 March 1999.
Entry into force:  2 April 1999.This Law contains provisions, concerning
protection of undisclosed information.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
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Prevention of the abuse of intellectual
property rights
Civil judicial procedures and remedies
The Civil Code,
adopted by Law V III-1864 on 18 July 2000.
Entry into force:  1 July 2001.The Code establishes the basic principles for the
protection of intellectual property rights.
The Civil Procedure Code,
adopted on 7 July 1964.
Entry into force:  1 January 1965,
last amendment made 21 June 2001.The Code establishes the basic procedures for
civil juridical proceedings as well as the
procedure for the reimbursement of losses and
material damage on intellectual property right
infringements.
Law on  Copyright  and  Related  Rights
No. VIII-1185, 3
adopted on 18 May 1999.
Entry into force:  9 June 1999.The Law establishes remedies for intellectual
property right infringements, compensation (this
is the measure instead of the reimbursement of
losses), compensation for moral damage andprovisional measures necessary for the execution
of the court’s decision.
Provisional judicial measures
The Civil Procedure Code,
adopted on 7 July 1964.
Entry into force:  1 January 1965,
last amendment made 21 June 2001.The Code contains provisions concerning
provisional judicial measures.  Article 156
provides that the court may impose the following
provisional measures:
1) seizure of property or amounts of money
belonging to the defendant that are at her/his
or any other person’s disposal;
2) prohibition to the defendant to perform
certain actions;
3) prohibition to other persons to transfer
property to the defendant or to execute any
kind of liabilities for the defendant;
                                                     
3 This law has been notified as a main dedicated law and can be found in document IP/N/1/LTU/C/1.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
4) suspension of property realization upon
entering a claim for repealing the seizure ofsuch property;
5) suspension of exaction under the executive
document, contested by the debtor inaccordance with the procedure for laying
actions, if such way of contesting is
permitted by law.
Law  on  Copyright  and  Related  Rights No.
VIII-1185, 3
adopted on 18 May 1999.
Entry into force:  9 June 1999.The Law contains provisions that permit to apply
provisional judicial measures given evidence of
infringements of copyrights and/or related rights.
The Criminal Procedure Code,
adopted 26 June 1961.
Entry into force:  1 September 1961,
last amendment made on 11 September 2001.The Code establishes seizure of material evidence
until the case is solved.
Special requirements related to the bordermeasures
Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property in
the Field of Import and Export  of  Goods
No. IX-117, 4
adopted on 21 December 2000.
Entry into force:  1 January 2001.The Law contains provisions on customs
activities relating to the protection of intellectual
property in the field of import and export of
goods, the conditions of the said activities as well
as actions in respect of detained goods which arerecognized by the court decision as goods,
infringing intellectual property rights.
                                                     
4 This law has been notified as a main dedicated law and can be found in document IP/N/1/LTU/E/1.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
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Government Resolution No. 308 on the
Implementation of the Law on the Protection of
Intellectual Property in the Field of Import and
Export of Goods,
adopted on 19 March 2001.
Entry into force:  24 March 2001.The Resolution contains provisions authorising
the Customs Department to adopt theimplementing provisions necessary for the
application of the Law on the Protection of
Intellectual Property in the Field of Import and
Export of Goods (forms of applications,
establishment of the amount of security, detailed
provisions on notification of the holder of
intellectual property rights, detention, storage,inspection and sampling of goods suspected as
infringing intellectual property rights).
Government Resolution No. 683 on Amendment
of Government Resolution No. 1458 of
15 December 2000 on Approval of the List of
Subjects of State Fees, the Amounts of those Fees
and the Order of their Payment and Repayment,
adopted on 7 June 2001.
Entry into force:  14 June 2001.The Resolution contains the amounts of State
fees charged for customs services related to
dealing with the application for actions to be
taken by the customs authorities protectingintellectual property rights.
Order of the Director of the Customs Department
No. 288 on Approval of the Forms of
Applications for Actions to be Taken by the
Customs Authorities in Order to Protect
Intellectual Property Rights,
adopted on 18 May 2001.
Entry into force:   26 May 2001.The Order contains the forms to be used for
applications, which shall be lodged with the
Customs Department when the holder of
intellectual property rights is asking for actions tobe taken by the customs authorities in order to
protect his rights.  Two different forms are
approved:  one shall be used when the application
is submitted before the detention of goods by the
Customs authorities and another when theapplication is submitted after the detention of
goods by the Customs authorities acting ex
officio .
Criminal procedures
The Criminal Code,
adopted on 26 June 1961.
Entry into force:  1 September 1961,
last amendment made on 17 August 2001.The Code contains definitions of specific crimes
including crimes against intellectual property
rights.IP/N/1/LTU/1/Add.1
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DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
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The Criminal Procedure Code,
adopted on 26 June 1961.
Entry into force on 1 September 1961,
last amendment made on 11 September 2001.The Code, together with the subsequent
amendments, provides the basic rules for criminalproceedings, including intellectual property right
violations.
Any administrative procedures and remediesnot covered above
The Code of Administrative Infringements,
adopted on 13 December 1984.
Entry into force on 1 April 1985,
last amendment made on 12 July 2001.The Code establishes procedures of
administrative sanctions for administrative
infringements, including intellectual property
right violations.
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