RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/Q/LVA/1/Add.2
IP/Q2/LVA/1/Add.2
IP/Q3/LVA/1/Add.2
IP/Q4/LVA/1/Add.2
6 September 2000
(00-3471)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
LATVIA
Addendum
The present document reproduces the request for further information addressed to Latvia by
the United States of America at the meeting of the Council on 26 June 2000 and later in a
communication dated 26 July 2000, and the answers supplied by the Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Latvia by means of a communication dated 24 August 2000.
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The Government of Latvia, in response to a follow-up question posed by the
United States regarding its original question 4, answered:
"There are five cases being reviewed at this stage that relate to world-famous
trademarks for particular spirits.  Two cases started already in 1998, but are still under review
at the Senate of the Supreme Court and are now in tegrated in one case as both have the same
claimant.
"This year, there are three cases initiated at the Regional Court of Riga.  Two of them
are appealed at the House of the High Court.  One case regarding the appeal of Patent Board
decision will be reviewed at the Regional Court of Riga in the coming days.
"More detailed information can be provided concerning each particular case."The United States requests that Latvia provide the offered detailed information
concerning each case.
Following your request, I hereby submit the following information:
1. Claim filed by the company IDV North America Inc. against the company  Torgovy Dom
Potomkov Postavschika Dvora Ego Imperatorskogo Velichestva P.A. Smirnova  on termination of
trademark registration received in Riga Regional Court on 10 August 1998.  The requirements in the
claim have been satisfied leading to issue of the decision of Riga Regional Court on 12 October 1998.
Due to an appeal, the mentioned court decision has not entered into force.  The appeal has been
dismissed by the Republic of Latvia Supreme Court Civil Case Court chamber decision dated
25 March 1999.  In accordance with the Republic of Latvia Supreme Court Senate decision of 30 June1999, the abovementioned decision of the Civil Case court chamber has been left unchanged
reviewing the case under the regulations for cassation procedures.  The Court decisions were attached
to the original communication and can be inspecte d on request in the WTO Secretariat, Intellectual
Property Division.
./.IP/Q/LVA/1/Add.2, IP/Q2/LVA/1/Add.2,
IP/Q3/LVA/1/Add.2, IP/Q4/LVA/1/Add.2
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2. Riga Regional Court received on 3 November 1998 two other applications for termination of
trademark international registration by the same two pa rties.  Both of the claims have been dismissed
by the decision dated 9 February 2000 issued by Riga Regional Court.  Due to submission of an
appeal, the decisions have not entered into legal force and the cases have been forwarded to theRepublic of Latvia Supreme Court Civil case court chamber on 17 March 2000 for review in
accordance with the appeals procedure.  The cases have not been received back.  The court decisions
of the first instance were attached to the original communication and can be inspected on request in
the WTO Secretariat, Intellectual Property Division.
3. Riga Regional Court received another complaint regarding termination of trademark in a
dispute between the same parties.  The case shall be reviewed on 30 August 2000.
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