Riga, November 1, 2024
On October 29 and 30 of this year, the annual meeting of the Patent Office and the Customs Administration of the State Revenue Service was held in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union.
Over the course of two days, current problems, the latest trends, opportunities for cooperation and measures to improve the situation were discussed. Special attention was paid to reducing the spread of counterfeiting in the e-commerce environment and in mail (post parcels).
Juris Steņins, trademark attorney of the Agency TRIA ROBIT introduced the intellectual property of the International Olympic Committee, its protection and the most common counterfeits, as well as the methods of distinguishing them; but the trademark attorney Bronislavs Baltrumovičs participated in the expert discussion as a representative of the Association of Professional Patent Attorneys of Latvia.
More information is available on the website of the Patent Office: https://www.lrpv.gov.lv/en/article/customs-and-other-authorities-will-discuss-issues-limiting-and-combatting-spread-counterfeit-goods-annual-seminar