Patent Attorney/Trademark Attorney/Plant breeders’ rights Attorney in Latvia

We provide all necessary legal assistance in obtaining, exploiting, maintaining and enforcing rights for patents, trademarks and other IPRs in Latvia. We conduct clearance searches prior to trade mark adoption and advice on the registrability of trade marks in Latvia, assist in defending and prosecuting trade mark oppositions and cancellation proceedings, provide opinions on validity and infringement of trade mark registrations, advise clients on contentious matters and represent them at the Courts and National Office of Latvia.

We also provided assistance with regard to many cases related to overcoming provisional refusals in Latvia against international applications filed through the WIPO’s Madrid System as well as successfully represented our clients on cancellation procedures in Latvia.

We have extensive experience in entering trademarks into the Latvian Customs Register. Owners are entitled to enter their trademarks into the Customs Register upon an application to the customs authorities. This helps prevent counterfeits entering the country, as well as “parallel imports”. Thus, recording trademarks with the Latvian Customs Register is a highly recommended step which ensures better protection of trademark owners’ rights.

We provide services to conduct regular monitoring of trademarks in Latvia in order to discover attempts of registration of trademarks or designations similar to them by other persons. The regular monitoring includes on-line monitoring, sending cease and desist letters, out-of-court negotiations in Latvia.

Trademarks fulfil their function not only when they are actually used on or for goods or services, but also when they are used in advertising. The use of trademarks in advertising in Latvia requires an understanding of trademark law and the nuances involved. Their misuse in advertising can lead to legal complications. We partner with our clients to ensure compliance with local laws and, when necessary, provide assistance to defend our clients’ rights.

We help our clients to conduct IP due diligence and audits in Latvia. In particular, we can identify and assess existing or potential issues relating to the intellectual property which clients find to be extremely useful in accurately valuing the deal.

If you wish to protect your IP rights  in Latvia and would like to get more information about IPR protection in this jurisdiction please get in touch with us.

Our extensive knowledge of the whole Baltic region, thorough understanding of economic, legal and other related aspects allows us to provide not only a sound and pragmatic legal advise but also a commercial understanding of the latest developments in the Baltic Region. This in turn, helps our clients in developing a broader IP strategy for protection of their valuable IP assets.

Our recent IP experience in Latvia

– Conducting clearance searches, advising clients on selecting, registering, enforcing and defending trademarks in Latvia;
– Providing market-watching services in Latvia to prevent infringement of our clients’ trademark rights;
– Advising on anti-counterfeiting issues: coordinating with Latvian Customs to help clients minimize the trafficking of counterfeit goods.

General information

Area: 64,589 sq. km.
Population: 1, 842, 226
Capital: Riga.
Languages: Latvian.
Currency: Euro.