REPUBLIC OF LITHUANI A 
LAW  
ON THE LEGAL PROTECT ION OF  
TOPOGRAPHIES OF SEMI CONDUCTOR PRODUCTS  
 
16 June 1998 No. VIII -791 
Vilnius  
(As last amended on 30 March 2017 – No. XIII -266) 
 
CHAPTER I  
GENERAL PROVISIONS  
 
Article 1. Objective of the Law  
1. This Law shall provide for the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products 
and regulate the rights and duties of natural and legal persons arising after the creation and during 
the exploitation of topographies of semiconductor products.  
2. The provisions of this Law have been harmonized with the legal act of the European Union 
specified in the annex to this Law.  
 
Article 2. Definitions  
1. Semiconductor product shall mean the final or an intermediate product having one or more 
layers of s emiconducting material and one or more layers of conducting or insulating material, the 
layers being arranged in accordance with a predetermined three -dimensional pattern. This product is 
intended to perform an electronic function exclusively or together w ith other functions.  
2. Topography of a semiconductor product  (hereinafter - topography) shall mean a series of 
related images, representing the three -dimensional pattern of the layers of which a semiconductor 
product is composed. Each image has the pa ttern or part of the pattern of a layer. The image may 
consist of standard marking symbols, various conventional signs and other graphic images.  
3. Commercial exploitation shall mean the sale, rental, leasing or any other method of 
commercial distribut ion, or an offer for these purposes.  
  
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CHAPTER II  
PROTECTION OF TOPOGRAPHIES  
 
Article 3. The Object of Legal Protection  
1. Legal protection provided by this Law shall apply only to such a topography which is original 
and is the result of its creator’s intellectual effort and is not commonplace in the semiconductor 
industry.  
2. Where the topography consists of elements that are commonplace in the semiconductor 
industry, it shall be protected only to the extent that the combination of such elements, taken as a 
whole, fulfils the conditions mentioned in paragraph 1.  
3. The protection granted to a topography shall not be extended to any concept, process, system, 
technique or encoded information embodied in the topography.  
 
Article 4. S ubjects of the Rights  
1. A natural person who has created a topography shall be the author of the topography. The 
author shall benefit from the right of authorship, the right to the author’s name and the right to the 
inviolability of the topography. Th e author shall be extended exclusive rights to dispose of the 
topography subject to the registration of the topography at the State Patent Bureau.  
2. Where a topography is the product of more than one author, the right shall apply in favour of 
all such  persons.  
3. Where a topography is created in the course of the creator’s employment, the exclusive rights 
to the topography shall apply in favour of the creator’s employer unless the terms of employment 
provide to the contrary.  
4. Where a topograp hy is created under a contract other than a contract of employment, 
exclusive rights to the topography shall apply in favour of a party to the contract by whom the 
topography has been commissioned, unless the contract provides to the contrary.  
5. A per son who has provided material, technical or organisational assistance to the creator of 
the topography or who has helped to prepare the registration documents needed for obtaining legal 
protection of the topography shall not be regarded a co -author.  
 
Article 5. Exclusive Rights  
The exclusive rights include the rights to authorise or to prohibit any of the following acts:  
1) reproduction of a topography in any form and in any way;   
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2) commercial exploitation or the importation for that purpose of a topography or of a 
semiconductor product manufactured by using the topography.  
 
Article 6. Acts not Infringing Exclusive Rights  
1. Exclusive rights shall not apply to:  
1) reproduction of a topography privately for non -commercial purposes;  
2) reproduction of the topography for the purpose of analysing, evaluating or teaching;  
3) the use for commercial purposes of a new topography created on the basis of an analysis and 
evaluation of the protected topography meeting the requirements of Art icle 3(1) and (2) of this Law.  
2. A person who, when he acquires a topography or a semiconductor product, does not know, or 
has no reasonable grounds to believe, that the product is protected by an exclusive rights shall not be 
prevented from commerc ially exploiting that product. If these acts are committed after that person 
knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, that the topography or the semiconductor product is so 
protected, on the demand of the right holder the user must make the payment of adequate 
remuneration.  
3. When the original or a copy of the topography or the semiconductor product manufactured by 
using the topography is distributed by the owner of the topography or when the original or a copy is 
distributed with his explicit consent the exclusive rights referred to in Article 5(2) of this Law shall 
not be applied to the person who has obtained the topography.  
 
Article 7. Duration of Exclusive Rights  
1. The exclusive rights shall come into existence on the earlier of the following dates:  
1) the date when the topography is first commercially exploited anywhere in the world;  
2) the date when an application for registration of the topography has been filed at the State 
Patent Bureau.  
2. The exclusive rights to  the topography shall come to an end 10 years from the earlier of the 
following dates:  
1) the end of the calendar year in which the topography or a semiconductor product 
manufactured using the topography is first commercially exploited anywhere in the wo rld; 
2) the end of the calendar year in which the application for registration has been filed with the 
State Patent Bureau.  
3. Where a topography has not been commercially exploited anywhere in the world within a 
period of fifteen years from its first fixation protection of the rights to the topography shall come to  
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an end unless an application for registration has been filed. The right to file an application for 
registration of the topography with the State Patent Bureau shall come to an end afte r the 
termination of the time limit specified in Article 10(3) of this Law.  
 
Article 8. The Right of Early Exploitation  
1. Natural and legal persons who are exploiting the topography legally or who are fully prepared 
for its exploitation before the  date of the application for its registration or the date of its first 
commercial exploitation may continue exploitation of the topography as before or as they were 
planning to do.  
2. The right of an early use may be transferred only together with the undertaking or with that 
part of the undertaking  or its activities where the topography was used.  
 
Article 9. Marking of the Topography  
The topographies or semiconductor products manufactured using protected topographies may 
carry an indication - a capital t.  
 
CHAPTER III  
REGISTRATION OF TOPOGRAPHIES  
 
Article 10. Filing of the Application  
1. A person wishing to register a topography must file an application with the State Patent 
Bureau. An application may be filed by several legal or natural  persons, or in common by natural 
persons and legal persons. An applicant must pay a fixed fee for the filing of an application.   
2. An applicant may file an application through his representative, who is entered on the list 
of patent attorneys of the Republic of Lithuania. An applicant who permanently resides in the 
Republic of Lithuania or has a registered office or a registered bra nch, or a representative office in 
the Republic of Lithuania or in any other Member State of the European Union, or in any other State 
of the European Economic Area may be represented by an employee authorised in accordance with 
the procedure laid down by legal acts. Natural persons of foreign states who do not permanently 
reside in the Republic of Lithuania or any other Member State of the European Union, or any other 
State of the European Economic Area and legal persons of foreign states who do not have a  
registered office or a registered branch, or a representative office in the Republic of Lithuania or in 
any other Member State of the European Union, or in any other State of the European Economic  
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Area shall file applications to the State Patent Bureau an d perform all actions relating to the 
registration of a topography with the State Patent Bureau, including representation at the Appeals 
Division of the State Patent Bureau through the patent attorney who is entered on the list of patent 
attorneys of the R epublic of Lithuania.  
3. The application must be filed within two years of the first commercial exploitation of the 
topography anywhere in the world.  
4. The application shall contain:  
1) the application for registration with the date of first co mmercial exploitation of the 
topography where it precedes the date of the application for registration;  
2) the description of the topography and all the material identifying or exemplifying it;  
3) a statement as to the date of first commercial expl oitation of the topography where it precedes 
the date of the application for registration;  
4) repealed on 8 November 2012;  
5) an authorisation if the application is filed by a representative of the applicant;  
6) an application for authorship or  a document proving transfer of the author’s rights.  
5. The application for registration shall be in Lithuanian. If the other submitted documents are 
not in Lithuanian their translation into Lithuanian must be submitted to the State Patent Bureau 
within three months from the date of filing the application.  
6. The date on which the State Patent Bureau receives the documents listed in points 1 -3 of 
paragraph 4 of this Article shall be considered the date of filing the application.  
7. Before maki ng the application public, an applicant or his representative may supplement, 
particularise or alter the data in the submitted documents except the topography.  
8. The State Patent Bureau shall ensure that that the materials submitted for the registrati on of 
the topography shall not be made public if the applicant states that it is a commercial secret. This 
provision does not prevent from submitting the material if this is an express request of judicial or 
any other competent authority.  
9. Regulation s for the application documents shall be specified by the State Patent Bureau.  
10. An applicant must pay the fee for filing the application for registration of the topography of 
semiconductor products within one month of the date of filing of the appli cation.  
 
 
Article 11. Expert Examination   
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1. The State Patent Bureau shall examine whether the application meets the requirements of 
Article 3(3) and Article 10 of this Law.  
2. Upon finding that the application is not in conformity with the requ irements specified in 
Article 3(3) of this Law the State Patent Bureau shall adopt a decision to refuse to register the 
topography.  
3. Upon finding that the application does not conform to the requirements specified in Article 10 
of this Law the State Patent Bureau shall notify the applicant or his representative. If the 
requirements are not met within 3 months from the date of the notification, the application shall be 
deemed to be withdrawn.  
4. Upon adopting a decision to register the topography t he State Patent Bureau shall, within 1 
month, duly inform the applicant or his representative.  
 
Article 12. Appeal  
1. The applicant who contests the decision of the State Patent Bureau to deem the application to 
be withdrawn may, within 3 months from the date of the notification, appeal to the Appeals Division 
of the State Patent Bureau.  
2. The appeal shall be filed in writing.  
3. The procedure for stating the appeal and its examination shall be specified by the State Patent 
Bureau.  
4. The decision adopted by the Appeals Division may be appealed against in Vilnius County 
Court within six months from the date of adoption thereof.  
 
Article 13. Registration and Publication of the Topography  
1. The topography shall be entered in th e Topographies Register of the Republic of Lithuania.  
2. The State Patent Bureau shall administer the Topographies Register of the Republic of 
Lithuania. The State Patent Bureau shall be the leading Register management body and the Register 
management body.  
3. The procedure for registering of the objects of the Topographies Register of the Republic of 
Lithuania and the management of the Register data shall be governed by the regulations of the 
Topographies Register of the Republic of Lithuania.  
Version of paragraph 3 valid as of 1 July 2017:  
3. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania shall be the manager of the Topographies 
Register of the Republic of Lithuania and the State Patent Bureau shall be the administrator of this  
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Regist er. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania may appoint an additional administrator of 
the said Register.  
4. The registration entry shall be published in the Official Bulletin of the State Patent Bureau.  
5. Upon request, the State Patent Bureau  shall issue an extract from the Topographies Register 
of the Republic of Lithuania to every person. The certified extract from the Register shall be an 
official document.  
Paragraph 5 becomes invalid as of 1 July 2017.  
 
Article 14. Appeal  
1. Interested persons, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of this Law, may file an 
appeal against the registration of the topography within 3 months from the registration of the 
topography. The procedure for filing an appeal and its examination shal l be prescribed by the State 
Patent Bureau.  
2. The appeal shall be filed in writing. The owner of the topography shall be entitled to submit a 
reasoned reply within 3 months from filing of the appeal.  
3. If the Appeals Division dismisses the appeal, the State Patent Bureau shall duly notify the 
person who filed the appeal and the owner of the contested topography.  
4. If the Appeals Division finds the appeal valid, the registration shall be cancelled. The decision 
of the State Patent Bureau  shall be published in the Official Bulletin.  
5. The decision adopted by the Appeals Division may be appealed against in Vilnius County 
Court within six months from the date of adoption thereof.  
 
Article 15. Issuance of the Certificate  
If, under the conditions specified in Article 14, no appeal is filed or if the appeal is dismissed the 
State Patent Bureau shall issue to the owner the certificate of registration of the topography.  
 
Article 151. Fees  
The rates and conditions of fees shall be laid down by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on 
Fees for the Registration of Industrial Property Objects.  
 
CHAPTER IV  
TRANSFER OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS  
  
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Article 16. Transfer of Exclusive Rights  
1. Exclusive rights to the topography shall be trans ferred to another person, in full or in part, 
under a written agreement.  
2. The agreement on the transfer of exclusive rights to the topography is valid subject to entry of 
the agreement into the Topographies Register of the Republic of Lithuania.  
3. Exclusive rights to the topography may be inherited in the manner prescribed by law.  
 
Article 17. Licensing of the Exploitation of the Topography  
1. The owner of the topography shall be entitled to grant to another person an exclusive or non -
exclusive licence for the exploitation of the topography.  
2. The licence agreement shall be entered in the Topographies Register of the Republic of 
Lithuania upon the filing of a request of one of the parties to the licence agreement.  
 
CHAPTER V  
INVALIDATION OF THE REGISTRATION OF THE TOPOGRAPHY.  
CANCELLATION OF THE REGISTRATION  
 
Article 18. Invalidation of the Registration of the Topography  
1. Following the issuance of a certificate, the court may invalidate registration of the topography  
at the request of an interested person.  
2. Upon passing an order to invalidate registration of the topography, the court shall send a copy 
of the order to the State Patent Bureau. The latter shall publish the invalidation of the topography 
registratio n in the Official Bulletin.  
 
Article 19. Waiver of Exclusive Rights  
1. The owner of the topography may waive the exclusive rights by submitting a written 
application to the State Patent Bureau to cancel the registration of the topography. The regis tration 
shall be cancelled from the date of receipt of the application by the State Patent Bureau.  
2. Cancellation of the registration of the topography shall be published in the Official Bulletin of 
the State Patent Bureau.  
 
CHAPTER VI  
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT. ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS   
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Article 20.  Institutions having Jurisdiction in Disputes relating to the Legal Protection 
of Inventions  
Disputes relating to the registration and exploitation of the topography shall be settled by the 
following auth orities:  
1) disputes relating to the registration of the topography before the issuance of the certificate - 
by the Appeals Division of the State Patent Bureau;  
2) disputes relating to the decisions of the Appeals Division of the State Patent Bureau and other 
disputes arising after the issuance of the certificate - by the Vilnius County Court.  
 
Article 21. Enforcement of the Rights  
1. The applicant, the owner of a topography or their successors in title, when enforcing their 
rights, and the li censees of exclusive licences, when protecting the rights granted to them, shall be 
entitled to apply to the court in accordance with the procedure laid down by the law and to seek:  
1) recognition of the rights;  
2) an injunction intended to  terminate infringing activities ; 
3) prohibition to carry out activities by reason of which the rights may be actually infringed 
or the prejudice suffered;  
4) compensation for the material damage, including lost income and other incurred expenses;   
5) application of other remedies set out by this Law and other laws.  
2. In order to ensure enforcement of an injunction intended to forbid the continuation of 
infringing activities, as well as an injunction intended to prevent activities by reas on of which the 
rights may be actually infringed or the prejudice suffered, the court may, upon request of the persons 
referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, order an infringer to lodge adequate assurance intended to 
ensure compensation for any possib le prejudice.  
3. Where there is no fault in the activities, in connection with the infringement of the rights 
established by this Law, of a person in respect of whom an injunction intended to terminate the 
continuation of infringing activities or the c orrective measures specified in Article 214 are applied, the 
court may, at the request of this person, order him to pay pecuniary compensation to the injured party, if 
execution of the measures specified herein would cause him disproportionate harm and if pecuniary 
compensation to the injured party appears reasonable and satisfactory.  
4. The persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, when enforcing their rights, shall be 
entitled to apply to the court for an injunction against intermediaries wh ose services are used by a third  
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party to infringe the rights established by this Law. Such an injunction shall include the suspension 
of communication of information related to the infringement of the rights established by this Law or, 
if an intermediary is capable of performing this technically, the elimination of information 
infringing the said rights, or prohibition to obtain information infringing these rights. Such 
compliance with the judicial decision shall not exempt an intermediary from the respons ibility for 
any act or omission related to keeping or communication of such information, which was the case 
before coming into effect of this decision.  
 
Article 211. Right of information  
1. When hearing a case concerning an infringement of the rights established by this Law, the 
court, in response to a justified request of the claimant, may, in the context of proceedings, order the 
persons to immediately provide information on the origin an d distribution networks of the products which 
infringe the rights of the owner of topographies, particularly : 
1) the names and addresses of the producers, manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and other  
previous holders of the products infringing the ri ghts established by this Law, as well as the wholesalers 
and retailers for whom the indicated objects have been intended;  
2) information on the quantities of the produced, manufactured, delivered, received or ordered 
products which infringe the rights established by this Law, as well as the price which has been obtained or 
ought to have been obtained for those products.  
2. The infringers of the rights established by this Law, other persons who were in possession on a 
commercial scale of the goods infringing the rights established by this Law, who were using on a 
commercial scale the services infringing the rights established by this Law or who were providing on a 
commercial scale the services which a third party used to infringe the rights establis hed by this Law, as 
well as those  who were  indicated by the said persons as being involved in the production, manufacture or 
distribution of the goods infringing the rights established by this Law or the provision of the services 
infringing the rights esta blished by this Law may be ordered to provide information referred to in 
paragraph 1 of this Article.  
 
Article 212. Evidence  
1. On application by a party which has presented reasonably available evidence sufficient to 
support its claims, and has, in substantiating those claims, specified evidence which lies in the control of 
the opposing party, the court may, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil 
Procedure, orde r that such evidence be presented by the opposing party, subject to the protection of  
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confidential information. A reasonable sample of a substantial number of products shall be considered by 
the court to constitute reasonable evidence of the infringement o f the rights established by this Law.  
2. In the case of an infringement of the rights established by this Law, which has been committed 
on a commercial scale and under the conditions specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, the court may, in 
accordanc e with the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, order that banking,  
financial or commercial documents be communicated by the opposing party, subject to the protection  
of confidential information. In the event of failure to present such evide nce without strong reasons within 
the time limit set by the court or where the use of the evidence is denied, the court shall have the right to 
take a decision on the grounds of the evidence presented to it.   
 
Article 213. Provisional measures and mea sures for preserving evidence  
1. Application of provisional measures and measures for preserving evidence shall be regulated by 
the Code of Civil Procedure and this Law.  
2. If there are sufficient grounds to suspect that the rights established by t his Law have been 
infringed, the court may, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 
apply provisional measures necessary to prevent imminent infringing activities, to promptly terminate 
infringing activities and to enforc e a final decision of the court, that is:  
1) to forbid persons to commit an imminent infringement of the rights established by this Law;  
2) to order persons to temporarily terminate an infringement of the rights established by this Law;  
3) to for bid an intermediary to provide services to a third party who uses such services by 
infringing the rights established by this Law;  
4) to seize copies of the subject matters of the rights established by this Law as well as goods, 
prevent their entry into  or remove them from the channels of commerce, if it is suspected that they are 
infringing the rights established by this Law;  
5) to seize the property of the persons suspected of infringing the rights established by this Law, 
which is possessed by the said persons or a third party, including the accounts of banks and other credit 
institutions; also to order the communication of bank, financial o r commercial documents, or appropriate 
access to these documents in the case of an infringement committed on a commercial scale;  
6) to apply other measures laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure.  
3. If the provisional measures which are referre d to in points 1 and 2 of paragraph 2 of this Article 
and which have been applied are being infringed and the infringement continues, the court may order the 
persons suspected of committing the infringement to  lodge adequate assurance intended to ensure th at a 
person who has applied for provisional measures will be compensated for a possible prejudice.     
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4. The court shall have the right to  require the person who applies for provisional measures to 
provide any reasonably available evidence in order to satisfy the court with a sufficient degree of certainty 
that the said person or the person in whose interest provisional measures are applied for is the holder or 
user of the rights established by this Law and that the applicant's right is being infringed,  or that such 
infringement is imminent.  
5. The court may, on application by a person who has presented reasonably available evidence to 
support his claims that the rights established by this Law have been infringed or are about to be infringed, 
may app ly provisional measures or measures for preserving evidence, subject to the protection of 
confidential information, thus preserve relevant evidence in respect of the alleged infringement, that is:  
1) to describe in detail the products (goods) infringing the rights established by this Law and to 
seize them, or only to describe them;  
2) to seize the products (goods) infringing the rights established by this Law and, in appropriate 
cases, the materials and implements used in the production and/or distribution of such products (goods) as 
well as the documents relating thereto;  
3) to apply other prompt and effective provisional measures provided for in the Code of Civil 
Procedure.  
6. Provisional meas ures and measures for preserving evidence may be applied without the 
defendant having been notified or heard, in particular where any delay would cause irreparable harm to 
the applicant or where there is a demonstrable risk of evidence being destroyed.  Where provisional 
measures and measures for preserving evidence are applied without the defendant having been notified 
and heard, the defendant must  be given notice without delay, i.e. after the execution of such measures at 
the latest. At the request of t he parties, including a right to be heard, the provisional measures and 
measures for preserving evidence may be reviewed with a view to deciding, within a reasonable period 
after the notification of application of the measures, whether such measures must b e modified, revoked or 
confirmed.  
7. Where the applied provisional measures or measures for preserving evidence are revoked by the 
court or where they lapse due to any act or omission by the person who applied for them, or where a 
decision of the court  establishing that there has been no infringement or threat of infringement of the rights 
established by this Law comes into effect, or where the person, who has applied for provisional measures 
or measures preserving evidence, does not institute proceedin gs within a period determined by the court, 
the defendant shall be entitled to request compensation for any injury caused by application of those 
measures.  
  
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Article 214. Corrective measures  
1. The persons specified in Ar ticle 21( 1) of this Law shal l be entitled to apply to the court and seek 
that goods be recalled, removed from the channels of commerce in such a manner as to avoid any harm 
being caused to these persons and to ensure the protection of their rights (e.g. to remake the infringing 
goods  into other goods or to apply similar measures), or to request that the goods, which the court has 
found to be infringing the rights established by this Law and, in appropriate cases, the materials and 
implements principally used in the creation or manufac ture of the specified objects be destroyed.  
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be applied regardless of other 
requirements of a person, applying for these measures, for compensation of the prejudice suffered as a 
result of  the infringement of his rights. Such measures shall be carried out at the expense of the infringer, 
without compensating and taking into account proportionality between the seriousness of the infringement 
and the measure applied as well as the legitimate interests of third parties.  
 
Article 215. Recovery of material damage  
1.The procedure for recovery of material damage shall be regulated by the Civil Code and 
this Law.  
2. When assessing the amount of the actual damage (losses) suffered as a re sult of the 
infringement of the rights established by this Law, the court shall take into account the substance of 
the infringement, the amount of the inflicted damage, lost income, incurred expenses, and other 
important circumstances. Profit made by the i nfringer may, at the request of the persons specified in 
Article 21(1) of this Law, be recognized as losses. Products (goods) infringing the rights established 
by this Law may be transferred to the holders of those rights upon their request.  
3. The amount of income lost by the persons specified in Article 21(1) of this Law shall be 
set by taking into account the amount of income which would have been made if the topography had 
been used legally (i.e. taking account of the royalties which are usually paid for the legal use of the 
topography), as well as the concrete circumstances which might have created conditions for making 
income (works performed by the subjects of the rights, implements used, negotiations for conclusion 
of contracts concerning the use of the topography, etc.).  
4. Instead of the recovery of the damage (losses) actually suffered by reason of the 
infringement of the rights established by this Law, the persons specified in Article 21(1) of this Law 
may claim the payment which would have been due if the infringer had used the topography legally (i.e. 
had acquired permission), and where the infringement has been committed intentionally or through gross 
negligence – the said persons may claim up to twice the amount of such payment.   
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5. Where the infringer did not knowingly, or with reasonable grounds to know, engage in 
infringing the rights established by this Law (i.e. there is no fault in his actions), the court may, upon 
request of the persons specified in Article 21(1) of this La w, order the recovery of profit made by the 
infringer. A total that the infringer has saved and/or made by infringing the rights established by this Law 
shall be regarded as the profit made by the infringer. The profit made by the infringer shall be ascert ained 
and recovered regardless of whether or not the subject of the rights would have made the same profit as 
the infringer. When ascertaining the profit made by the infringer, the subject of the rights must provide 
only the evidence that would confirm the  gross income received by the infringer; the amount of net profit 
of the infringer (after deducting the expenses) must be proved by the infringer.  
 
 
Article 216. Publication of judicial decisions  
The court which takes a decision on the infringement o f the rights established by this Law may, at 
the request of the persons specified in Article 21(1) of this Law, order the infringer to disseminate at his 
own expense the information concerning the adopted decision, including disseminating the decision in f ull 
or in part in the mass media or by any other means. A judicial decision or information concerning an 
adopted decision may be announced after the coming into effect of the decision, unless otherwise 
established by the court. The manner and extent of dis semination of a judicial decision shall be laid down 
in this judicial decision. The persons specified in Article 21(1) of this Law may request that the infringer 
pay in advance into the bank account, indicated by the court, a sum of money necessary to diss eminate the 
information concerning an adopted judicial decision or an adopted judicial decision itself.  
 
Article 217. Application of customs supervision measures  
Customs supervision measures determined by legal acts of the European Union and the 
Republic of Lithuania must be applied to the products (goods) which infringe the rights established 
by this Law) and are imported from third countries to the Republic of Li thuania or are exported from 
it to third countries.  
 
CHAPTER VII  
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS  
 
Article 22. International Agreements. Rights of Natural and Legal Persons of Foreign 
Countries   
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1. Where international agreements signed by the Republic of  Lithuania set forth stipulations 
different from this Law or other statutory acts, the stipulations of international agreements shall 
apply.  
2. Natural and legal persons of foreign countries shall exercise all the rights provided by this 
Law and other statutory acts of the Republic of Lithuania regulating protection of topographies.  
 
CHAPTER VIII  
FINAL PROVISIONS  
 
Article 23. Entry into Force  
1. Protection provided by this Law shall not be applicable to the topographies which were 
exploited for commercial purposes for over 2 years prior to the entry of this Law into force.  
2. The Law shall enter into force from December 1, 1998.  
 
I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.  
 
 
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC  VALDAS ADAMKUS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annex to  
Republic of Lithuania Law on  
the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products   
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EU LEGAL ACTS IMPLEMENTED BY THE LAW ON  
THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF TOPOGRAPHIES OF SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS    
 
Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the 
enforcement of intellectual property rights.