1. NATION BRANDING LITHUANIAN EXPERIENCE Mrs. Digna Zinkevičienė
Head of Trademark and Design Division
State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

2. Where we are?

3. General information National Emblem National Flag
Population: 3 million
Capital: Vilnius
Total area: 65,300 sq. km
The state language: Lithuanian
Ethnic Composition: Lithuanians – 83.5%,
Polish – 6.7%,
Russians – 6.3%,
Byelorussia's – 1.2%,
others – 2.3%.

5. The State Patent Bureau (SPB) www.vpb.gov.lt
The SPB was established in 1991.
The SPB is under the Ministry of Justice.
The SPB is responsible for:
- the implementation of the State policy in the sphere of industrial property protection in Lithuania;
- administration of the national industrial property system;
- increasing awareness of the importance of protection of IP rights.

6. Intellectual Property Rights
Industrial Rights Protection, registered at SPB (Ministry of Justice)
Patent
Designs
Trademarks
Topography
Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property rights provide protection for intellectual creations and characteristics.
Intellectual property rights are normally divided into copyright and industrial rights protection.
“Copyright” refers to the intellectual property rights that provide protection for music, literature and other artistic creation.
“Industrial rights protection” is the protection afforded to
technical solutions via a patent,
the protection for the appearance and form of products via design protection and
the protection for trademarks and other product characteristics via trademark protection.
Company names (Ministry of Economy)
Copyright (Ministry of Culture)
Literature, Artistic creation, Music, Photo

7. Organizational framework
SPB consists of
9 Divisions with 59 employees working therein including:
40 civil servants
19 employees, working under employment contract

8. Financial framework
The SPB is the State budgetary agency (all fees are paid directly to the State budget).
Every year the total sum of income exceeds the overall expenses.
Total expenditure formed 60 % of the revenues.
In 2010 the SPB had a revenue at approx Lt (1,8 million EUR).
The amount allocated to the SPB from the State budget was approx Lt (1, 07 million EUR).

9. Statistics of the SPB activities
Since April 1991 to May 2011
2 200 granted patents;
6 980 European patents extended to the Republic of Lithuania;
registered trademarks;
international trademark registrations extended to the Republic of Lithuania;
registered designs

10. Statistics for Trademarks
Year
International
Applications
National Applications
Total
Foreign Ownership
Domestic Ownership
Individual
Collective
Certifica
tion
2007
3702
411
1839 NA
5952
2008
3648
395
2417
6460
2009
2472
275
1832 1
4580
2010
2032
277
1963
4272

11. Lithuanian Brand
Lithuanian State Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Economy
Lithuanian devepolment agency

12. 2007

13. 2008

14. Thank you for your attention Digna Zinkevičienė State Patent Bureau Lithuania tel. (370 5)