The IP team at Sorainen is regularly approached for representation in high-stakes disputes regarding trade marks, domain names, and patents, and advises on compliance with local and EU IP law. Assisting a range of large and small companies and startups, the ‘professional and responsible’ team is also noted for its broad sector experience covering the IT, pharmaceuticals, media and telecoms industries. IP and TMT litigator Stasys Drazdauskas and Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė, who also leads the competition and regulatory groups, lead the team. Senior associate Sidas Sokolovas is highlighted for his focus on IP and IT regulatory and transactions work, including in highly regulated sectors.
Testimonials
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‘The Sorainen team is highly professional, the one that could be trusted with their expertise. They are very quick to react to our requests and they handle them with delving deeply into the problem that we have. It's great that we can consult with them on different topics. Their team covers expertise of different fields.’
‘The Intellectual property team is very professional and responsible.’
‘We worked with Stasys Drazdauskas and counsel Irma Kirklytė - the lawyers are very professional and offer possible solutions to the question.’
‘Sorainen has years of experience and unique competence to handle multi-faceted and sophisticated cases in Lithuania. Their legal team is well balanced and allows them to provide a diverse range of services. They have the necessary mindset to provide services to digital players.’
‘Sidas Sokolovas and Stasys Drazdauskas: high responsiveness, knowledge and an open-minded approach to all legal challenges.’
‘Sorainen's IP team provided us with an in-depth review of the regulatory environment and helped to assess our compliance with the current IP regulation and possible strategies for operation. The deliverables were very applicable and were followed by comprehensive verbal consultation.’
Key clients
- CGTrader
- Investara (trade name Local Ocean)
- Honeywell International
- The Kalnapilis-Tauro Group (member of Royal Unibrew)
- Spanvall ApS
- RIGHTEX ELECTRONIC LIMITED
- Maxfive
- Grupo Bimbo
- Roland DG Corporation
- Pro Bro Group
- AUTO100 AS
Work highlights
- Advising Google on the implementation of various important EU pieces of legislation related to IP, including the Copyright Directive, the Retransmission Directive and the Digital Services Act in Lithuania.
- Advised Japan-based Roland DG Corporation on intellectual property issues related to its investment into Veika, a Lithuanian company that specialises in the development of innovative printing technologies.
- Successfully represented the Kalnapilis-Tauras group in a dispute over its trade mark and visual designs to promote non-alcoholic products against Lithuania’s Drug, Tobacco, and Alcohol Control department in the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė, Stasys Drazdauskas