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The Patent System of Lithuania

The State Patent Bureau (SPB) was established on April 12, 1991.

Legal Acts of the Republic of Lithuania:

• The Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the Establishment of the State Patent Bureau entered into force on April 12, 1991
• The Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on Legal Protection of Industrial Property Rights entered into force on May 20, 1992
• A new version of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania came into effect on January 1, 2001
• The Patent Law of the Republic of Lithuania came into force on February 1, 1994
• The Law on Designs of the Republic of Lithuania entered into force on January 1, 2003
• The Law on Legal Protection of Semiconductor Product Topographies of the Republic of Lithuania came into force on December 1, 1998
• The Law on Fees for the Registration of Industrial Property Objects of the Republic of Lithuania came into force on July 1, 2001

Lithuania is a member of the following International agreements:

• Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), since April 30, 1992
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, since May 22, 1994
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), since July 5, 1994
• Agreements with the European Patent Organization (EPO) for cooperation and for the extension of European patents to Lithuania, since July 5, 1994
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, since February 22, 1997
• Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, since November 15, 1997
• Trademark Law Treaty (TLT), since April 27, 1997
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purpose of Patent Procedure, since April 9, 1998
• European Patent Convention , since December 1, 2004