Litauen

Requirements for Filing Trademarks

1. Applicant’s name and address.

2. Prints of the mark, 8 by 8 cm prints (3.15 by 3.15 inch prints) only for color and device marks.

3. List of classes, goods and/or services.

4. A certified copy of priority application, if priority is to be claimed.

5. Signed Power of Attorney which does not have to be notarized or legalized. The signed Power of Attorney can be filed late, within 3 months after the application filing date in Lithuania, for an additional late filing fee.

The time frame for the filing process up to registration is approximately 12-18 months.


Requirements for Recordal of Assignment

The following documents are required for recordal of assignment:

1. An original assignment document, identifying the trade and/or service marks, signed by both the assignor and assignee, or a copy of the assignment document, certified to be a true copy by a notary or other person authorized to make such a certification in your country or an official Patent Office assignment form signed by both the assignor and assignee.

2. A Power of Attorney signed by the assignee.

The assignment document and the Power of Attorney do not have to be signed before a notary or legalized.

If the assignment document is not in the local language, the Patent Office demands a translation.

Information about the transfer of the mark is entered into the Trademark and Service Mark Register and is published in the Official Bulletin of the Patent Office.

Lithuanian Patent Bureau does not issue the official certificates of the assignment for the trademark registrations. The publications in the official bulletin are to be regarded as official confirmations that the assignment has been accomplished.


Requirements for Recordal of Change of Name/Merger

1. Document evidencing the change of company name/merger (or a true certified copy).

2. A Power of Attorney simply signed by the new owner of the trademark.

Note:

The change of name/merger document and the Power of Attorney do not have to be signed before a notary or legalized. If the change of name/merger document is not in the local language, the Patent Office demands a translation.

Information about the change of company name/merger is entered into the Trademark and Service Mark Register and is published in the Official Bulletin of the Patent Office.

Lithuanian Patent Bureau does not issue the official certificates of change of company’s name, merger for the trademark registrations. The publications in the official bulletin are to be regarded as official confirmation that the change of name and/or merger have been accomplished.

Requirements for Recordal of Change of Address

1. A Power of Attorney simply signed by the trademark owner indicating the new address.

Information about the change of company’s address is entered into the Trademark and Service Mark Register and is published in the Official Bulletin of the Patent Office.

Lithuanian Patent Bureau does not issue the official certificates of the change of address for the trademark registrations. The publications in the official bulletin are to be regarded as official confirmation that the change of address has been accomplished.


Requirements for Registration of License Agreement

1. A copy of the entire license agreement signed by the parties to the license agreement, or relevant extracts from the license agreement or a short form trade/service mark license agreement (which can prepared by us) signed by the parties to the license agreement. The license agreement copy or extracts must be certified to be a true copy by a notary or other person authorized to make such a certification.

The submitted license agreement or extracts must indicate:

1. Name and address of the trademark proprietor.

2. Name and address of the licensee.

3. Kind of license, whether exclusive or non-exclusive.

4. Registration number(s) of the licensed mark(s).

5. Licensed goods and/or services - license can be for all or only some of the goods and/or services listed in the registration.

6. Term of the license.

7. Territory of the license.


2. A Power of Attorney signed by the trademark owner or licensee.

Notes:

If the license document is not in the local language, the patent office demands a translation.

Separate applications and official fees have to be filed and paid for registering the license for each mark covered by the license agreement.



Requirements for Trademark Renewal

1. List of the marks and registration numbers, classes, and any other pertinent information.

2. The name and address of the owner(s).

3. Simply signed Power of Attorney.