WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOIP/N/1/LTU/D/1
5 October 2001
(01-4807)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English/
anglais/
inglés
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
LITHUANIA
The present document reproduces the text1 of the Law on Industrial Design (1995:I-1006), as
amended on 11 May 2000 (2000: VIII-1676), as notified by Lithuania under Article 63.2 of the
Agreement (see document IP/N/1/LTU/1).
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriétéintellectuelle qui touchent au commerce
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD
LITUANIE
Le présent document contient le texte
1 de la Loi sur les dessins et modèles industriels
(1995:I-1006), telle qu'elle a été modifiée le 11 ma i 2000 (2000:VIII-1676) , notifiée par la Lituanie au
titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/LTU/1).
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de PropiedadIntelectual relacionados con el Comercio
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO
LITUANIA
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto
1 de la Ley sobre dibujos y modelos
industriales Nº I-1006 de 1995, modificada el 11 de mayo de 2000 por la Ley Nº VIII-1676, que
Lituania ha notificado de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo
(véase el documento IP/N/1/LTU/1).
                                                     
1 In English only.  The text in the original language is available for consultation by interested
Delegations at the WTO Secretariat./En anglais seulemen t.  Les délégations intéressées peuvent consulter le
texte dans sa langue d'origine, au Secrétariat de l'OM C./En inglés solamente.  Las delegaciones interesadas
podrán consultar en la Secretaría de la OMC el texto en su idioma original.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
LAW
 ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
4 July 1995 No. I-1006
Vilnius
(As amended by 11 May 2000 No.VIII-1676)
CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Objective of the Law
This law shall establish the procedure for registration, legal protection and use of an industrial
design.
An industrial design shall acquire legal protection upon the registration with the State Patent
Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania.
CHAPTER II. DEFINITION AND PROTECTION OF
AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Article 2. Definition  of an Industrial Design
Industrial design shall be the aesthetic appearance of the whole product or a part of it,
composed of specific lines, contours, colours, forms and (or) materials.
A product shall be an object manufactured industrially or handicraft, or its separate parts, as
well as assortments of objects or compositions, packaging, graphic symbols and typographictypefaces.
An industrial design must be new and must  have individual characters and be not
contradictory to the principles of public morality.
Article 3.  Novelty
An industrial design shall be new, if up to  the filing of an application or priority dates, it shall
not be identical to another disclosed to the public and familiar in Lithuania, product.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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An industrial design shall be publicly accessible or known, if it had been published in the
Official Bulletin of the State Patent Bureau, exhibited at an exhibition, submitted for marketing ordemonstrated to the public in another way.
Novelty of an industrial design shall not be disturbed by dissemination of information about
it, if this information has been disseminated within a period of  six months prior to the filing date of
an application, or the priority date and if the information has been disseminated by:
1) the author himself or his successor in title, who had the right to acquire the right to an
industrial design; and
2) another person wishing to harm the author or his successor.
Article 4. Individual Characters
    An industrial design shall possess individual character, if an informed user is able to
differentiate one industrial design on the basis of its general appearance, from another industrial
design:
1) submitted to the market of the Republic of Lithuania; and2) registered with the State Patent Bureau and published in the procedure established by this
law and having validity period, not yet expired.
Article 5.  Rights Conferred by a Registration
The holder of a registered industrial design shall have an exclusive right to permit or to
prohibit other persons, who do not have his permission, from manufacturing, offering to sell, selling,
putting on the market, importing or exporting, accum ulating and using products or parts thereof which
are a copy of the registered industrial design or a copy in general, when such actions are performedfor commercial purposes.
The actions enumerated in the first part of this article shall not be deemed in violation of
industrial design owner's rights, if:
1) they shall be carried on in order to meet own needs and shall not contradict the economic
interests of the holder of a design;     2) they shall be carried on for science or scientific investigation and experimentation purposes; and
3) industrial design shall be used on board of the vessels, aircraft or other transport means
registered in foreign countries, and their equipment and imported spare parts and other necessities,
intended for repairs of these transportation means, while these vessels, aircraft and other transportmeans are temporarily situated within the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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Article 6. Right of Prior Use
Natural and legal persons, who were legally using or were making effective or serious
preparations for the use of an industrial design before the filing date of an application for issuing of anindustrial design certificate, or, where priority is claimed, the priority date of an application, may
continue such use or to use the industrial design as envisaged in such preparations without taking into
consideration the will of the owner of the industrial design.
The right of prior use may only be transferred together with the enterprise or activities, or
with that part of the enterprise or activities in whic h the use of an industrial design or preparations for
such use have been made.
Article 7. The Term of Validity of a Registered Industrial Design  
Industrial design protection shall be valid for 5 years from the filing date of an application.
The term of validity of an industrial design may in addition be extended four times, for 5-year
periods, for up to 25 years, counting from the date of filling the application.
The renewal of the term of validity of the protection of an industrial design shall be subjected
to the following conditions:
1) the filing of a request for renewal of the term of validity within the last six months of the
validity of the industrial design; and
2) the payment of the fee for the next 5-year period.A request for renewal may be filed up to six months after the end of the term specified in
item 1 of Paragraph 2 of this Article, upon payment of a 50 per cent higher fee.
Article 8. The Right  to the Protection of an Industrial Design
The owner of an industrial design or his successor in title, shall hold exclusive right to it. Joint
owners, unless they agree otherwise, shall have equal rights to an industrial design.
Article  9. Ownership to an Industrial Design Created during the Execution of a
Commission or an Employment Contract
The right of ownership to an industrial design created by an employee during the execution of
a commission or an employment contract shall belong to the employer if this is provided for in the
contract made by an employer and employee.
The employer shall be obligated to pay to the employee an equitable remuneration, the
amount of which is provided for in the contract made by an employer and employee, taking intoaccount the economic value of the industrial design and any benefit derived by the employer from the
utilisation of the industrial design.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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Article 10. Mention of Author's Name
An industrial design application must contain me ntion of the name of the author or authors.
The State Patent Bureau, in publishing data concer ning the registration of an industrial design,
must mention the names of the author or authors.
In the event an author files a declaration with the State Patent Bureau requesting not to
mention his name, the State Patent Bureau shall not mention it.
CHAPTER III. REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Article 11. Filing of an Application
A person, wishing to register an industrial design, shall file an application with the State
Patent Bureau.
A representative of the applicant may file the application on his behalf. Foreign legal and
natural persons shall file applications with the State Patent Bureau, through a patent attorney of theRepublic of Lithuania.
An application may be filed for one or several industrial design examples, belonging to the
same international class of the classification for industrial design,  under the Locarno Treaty OnInternational Industrial Design Classification.  One application may include up to 10 examples of thedesign applied for.
On filing an application, the applicant must pay the fee for the application and every
additional example of industrial design.
An application shall be filed in the Lithuanian language.
Article 12. Industrial Desi gn Application Documents
An industrial design application shall comprise:
1) a request to grand an industrial design certificate;2) photos and graphic representations of the industrial design;3) description of the industrial design;
4) document confirming the payment of the fee;
5) document certifying powers of the representative, if the application is filed by the
representative; and
6) document confirming to the transfer of author's rights.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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Article 13. Granting the Filing Date
Filing date for application of an industrial design shall be considered the day when the State
Patent Bureau has received the following documents:
1) a request to grant industrial design certificate;
2) photos or graphic representation of industrial design; and
3) document confirming payment of the fee.In the event the applicant has failed to file one  of the documents listed in part one of this
article, the filing date shall not be granted.
Article 14. Priority Right
The application may contain a request to grant priority to one or more earlier applications to
register the same industrial design within the stat e, which is a party to the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property, if the applicant or hi s successor in title shall file an application to the
State Patent Bureau within 6 months from the first application or application filing date.
The application may contain a request to recognise the priority date, when the industrial
design was displayed in an official or officially recognised international exhibition, if the applicationshall be filed with the State Patent Bureau within  6 months of the day of opening of the exhibition.
The applicant desiring to make use of the provisions of Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article,
must produce to the State Patent Bureau copies of the first application or applications certified as
correct by a patent office of that state, or a certificate issued by the administration of the exhibition, inwhich the industrial design was displayed for the first time. Such documents may be furnished  at the
time of filing of an application in the Republic of Lithuania or within 3 months from the filing date.
Upon determining that the requirements of Paragraph 3 of this Article are not complied with,
the State Patent Bureau shall regard the applications specified in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article asnot have been filed.
Article 15. Examination of Industrial Design Application
The State Patent Bureau shall perform examina tion of an industrial design application. The
State Patent Bureau examiner shall verify the industrial design application documents, named inArticles 12 and 14 of this Law.
The examiner of the State Patent Bureau, having established that the documents named in
Articles 12 and 14 of this Law, are not included in the application, or these documents are notprepared according to the requirements, shall inform the applicant or his representative of this.  If, inthe course of 3 months from the day of dispatching of this information, the application documentsIP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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shall not be prepared in accordance with requirements, the expert of the State Patent Bureau shall
adopt the decision not to register the industrial design.
If an applicant disagrees with the decision of the State Patent Bureau, he shall have the right
to appeal to the Section of Appeals of the State Patent Bureau, within 3 months from the day the
examiner's decision had been dispatched. The applicant shall have the right to participate at meetings
of the Section of Appeals, when his appeal is being settled. The applicant shall be informed of thedecision adopted by the Section of Appeals.
Article 16. Withdrawal or Correction of Application
Prior to the date of registration of an industrial design an applicant shall have the right to
withdraw his/her application or to reduce the number of design examples contained in it.
Article 17. Registration of an Industrial Design
Following his decision to register an industrial design, the examiner of the State Patent
Bureau shall notify the applicant of this. The appl icant must within 3 months from the day of being
informed pay the fee for registration, publication and granting certificate. In the event the applicantfails to pay the fee in due time, the industrial design shall not be registered.
The State Patent Bureau shall enter the industrial design into the Industrial Design Register of
the Republic of Lithuania.
A representation of the industrial design shall be produced in the Industrial Design Register of
the Republic of Lithuania and the data concerning the issuance of the industrial design certificate, its
use and protection shall be included in it.
The State Patent Bureau shall issue an extract from the Industrial Design Register of the
Republic of Lithuania to every person who had paid the fee. The confirmed extract from the Registershall be regarded as an official document.
Article 18. Publication of Registration of an Industrial Design and the Procedure for
Opposition
Inclusion of an industrial design into the Industrial Design Register of the Republic of
Lithuania shall be published in the official Bulletin of the State Patent Bureau.
Interested persons, who have paid the fee, and are basing themselves on Articles 2-4 of this
Law, may file an opposition against the registrati on of an industrial design within a period of 3
months from the date of publication. The opposition must be motivated and presented in writing, tothe Section of Appeals of the State Patent Bureau. The author of the registered industrial design shallIP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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be acquainted with the content of opposition and shall be granted the right of a just cause reply, within
a 3-month period from the day of the receipt of opposition.
If the opposition shall be rejected, the Section of Appeals of the State Patent Bureau shall
inform both the person who had submitted the opposition and the owner of the industrial design.
If the opposition shall be  acknowledged as justifiable, registration shall be totally or partially
abolished. The decision adopted by the Section of Appeals of the State Patent Bureau shall bepublished in the official bulletin.
Article 19. Granting of Industrial Design Certificate
If the opposition was not submitted in accordance with the conditions established in
Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 18,  or was rejected, the State Patent Bureau shall grant the registeredindustrial design certificate to the design owner.
Based upon Paragraph 3 of Article 17 of this Law, data from the Industrial Design Register of
the Republic of Lithuania, shall be inscribed on the industrial design certificate.
CHAPTER IV. TRANSFER OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND GRANTING LICENSE TO
USE IT
Article 20. Transfer of Industrial Design
The owner may transfer a registered industrial design according to the contract, with or
without his own business.
An industrial design transfer agreement shall only be valid following its inclusion in the
Industrial Design Register of the Republic of Lithuania.
Article 21. The Licence to Use an Industrial Design
The owner of an industrial design shall have th e right to grant an exclusive or non-exclusive
licence to use an industrial design throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Lithuania.
Licence agreement, upon payment of fee, shall be included in the Industrial Design Register
of the Republic of Lithuania and shall become effective from the date of registration.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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CHAPTER V. INVALIDATION AND REVOCATION OF
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN REGISTRATION
Article 22. Invalidation of Registration
Upon the request of any interested person, the court may invalidate the registration because
the industrial design does not correspond to the requirements in Articles 2-4 of this Law.
The court, having adopted the decision to invalidate the registration of the industrial design,
shall prescribe to enter it in the Industrial Design Register of the Republic of Lithuania and publish itin the Official Bulletin.
Article 23. Revocation of Registration
The owner of an industrial design may revoke the registration by submitting a written request
to the State Patent Bureau. Revocation of an industrial design registration shall become effective from
the day when the State Patent Bureau received the request.
One or several industrial design examples, registered as a result of one application, may be
revoked.     
The State Patent Bureau shall include information concerning  revocation of an industrial
design registration in the Industrial Design Register of the Republic of Lithuania and publish it in theOfficial Bulletin.
CHAPTER VI. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT. DEFENCE OF RIGHTS
Article 24. Dispute Settlement Institutions
Disputes regarding registration and use of industrial designs shall be settled by the following
institutions:
1) Section of Appeals of the State Patent Bureau - disputes regarding industrial design
registration, arising prior to granting of industrial design certificate;
2) Vilnius District Court - disputes concerning:decision of the Section of Appeals of the State Patent Bureau, not to grant an industrial design
certificate;
recognition of an industrial design registration asinvalid;defence of rights of the owner or authors of an industrial design.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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Article 25. Enforcement of Rights
The court may adopt a decision, according to a claim by the industrial design owner, to
interrupt actions that violate or may violate the rights enumerated in Article 5.
The court may adopt, in accordance with an industrial design owner's claim, a decision
concerning compensation for the damages incurred by an industrial design owner, if another person
performed the actions enumerated in Article 5 of this Law, without his consent.
Article 26. Persons Having Right to File Claims
The owner of an industrial design shall have the right to file a claim concerning violation of
the rights to an industrial design. In the event he fails to avail himself of this right, however, the
licensee may file a claim, if no provision to the contrary, exists for that in the license contract.
Every party to the licence contract shall have th e right to participate in the court proceedings
initiated by  another party, for the violation of rights to an industrial design and to receive
compensation for the damage incurred.
Article 27. Invalidation of Industrial Design Registration in the Industrial Design
Register of the Republic of Lithuania.
Industrial design registration shall be invalidated in the Industrial Design Register of the
Republic of Lithuania, if:
1) the author of the industrial design requests so;2) the term of the industrial design registration was not extended according to the procedure
established in Article 7; and
3) the industrial design registration has been opposed in accordance with Paragraph 4 of
Article 18.
CHAPTER VII. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
Article 28. International Agreements, Rights of Foreign Natural and Legal Persons
If international agreements, to which the Republic of Lithuania is a party,  establish other
provisions which, for the industrial design owner ar e more advantageous  than those provided for in
this Law and other standard acts, the relevant provisions of such international agreements shall apply.
Foreign natural and legal persons shall enjoy all rights provided for in this Law and  other
standard acts regulating the protection of industrial design.IP/N/1/LTU/D/1
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CHAPTER VIII. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 29. Coming Into Force of the Law
The Law on Industrial Design of the Republic of Lithuania shall become effective on
September 1, 1995.
I promulgate this Law enacted by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ALGIRDAS BRAZAUSKAS
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