IPR Laws by Country   |  LITHUANIA

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Intellectual Property Laws

• Law on Trademarks And Service Marks (entered into force 1 July 2000). Read

• Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property in the Field Of Import and Export Of Goods (entered into force 1 January 2001). Read

Country Background: Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but this proclamation was not generally recognized until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently has restructured its economy for eventual integration into Western European institutions and was invited to join NATO and the EU in 2002.

For more facts and statistics on Lithuania see the CIA World Fact Book.