Acting for a diverse set of leading multinational companies from the technology, food and beverage sectors, Ellex advises on the contentious and non-contentious aspects of IP including portfolio and trade mark management issues, initial registrations, and regulatory matters. Practice head Ąžuolas Čekanavičius specialises in copyright law and handles work in the broader commercial, IP, and media law spaces; as head of the firm's Lithuania digital business practice, he is also noted for his IT expertise. Marijus Dingilevskis is another key member of the group, focusing on the protection of patents and trade marks, as well as IT transfers and licensing matters. Vilius Norvaisas is also noteworthy for a range of commercial and IP matters.

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  • 'Their speed is very good. The team we worked with from Ellex has deep knowledge and excellent service.'

Key clients

  • Aboutwear, UAB
  • Cult Beauty, Ltd
  • Delfi, UAB
  • Diginet LTU, UAB (a part of the Baltic Classifieds group)
  • Kavita, UAB
  • Laboratoires Bouchara Recordati
  • LNK Television Group (Laisvas ir nepriklausimas kanalas, UAB)
  • Mo muziejus, VsI
  • Olympic Entertainment Group AS
  • Pasaulio optika, UAB
  • QS Lasers, UAB
  • Sportland LT, UAB
  • Starbucks Corporation
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, UAB
  • Uzstato sistemos administratorius, VsI
  • Viesuju pirkimu tarnyba (Lithuanian Public Procurement Office)

Work highlights

  • Advising and representing Diginet LTU, UAB in a legal dispute over infringement of database producer (sui generis) rights, data scraping and unfair competition.
  • Represented Starbucks Corporation in a trade mark infringement and unfair competition dispute.
  • Advised AS Ekspress Grupp on the acquisition of the news website Lrytas.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ąžuolas Čekanavičius

Other key lawyers

Marijus Dingilevskis, Vilius Norvaisas