National Phase of PCT: closed. As of September 4, 2014, only the regional phase before the European Patent Office is available.
Validity: issued after formal examination only – valid for 20 years from the filing date.
Annuities: are to be paid from the third year.
Opposition: not provided for.
Kinds of protection: trademarks and service marks comprising a word or device or a combination of both, two- and three-dimensional designations.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: in case of non-use without justifying reasons during five consecutive years, the trademark may be revoked in judicial proceedings at the request of any interested person.
Duration - renewals: 10-year period from the filing date, renewable for further periods of 10 years.
Opposition: may be filed by any interested person within three months of the publication (three months after publication in the WIPO Gazette of International Marks, for international registrations) with the Division of Appeals.
Duration – renewals: after formal examination: 5 years. Extension: four additional 5-year periods.
Opposition: has to be filed with the State Patent Bureau's Appeals Division within three months from the date of publication. The decision of the Division of Appeals may be contested in court (final decision).
Duration – renewals: one year, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.
Area: 65,300 sq. km.
Population: 2,900,000 inhabitants (estimated 2016).
Capital: Vilnius.
Language: Lithuanian.
Currency: Euro.
Lithuania was made subject by Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. After World War I, it proclaimed independence in 1918. In 1940 it was incorporated into the USSR. Lithuania proclaimed the re-establishment of independence in March 1990.
Member of the European Union as of May 1, 2004.
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