Among the core sector strengths for the ‘exceptionally experienced’ IP, IT and regulatory team at Cobalt are pharmacy and life sciences sectors, the former of which forms the basis of the group’s patent litigation assignments. Indrikis Liepa, who counts start-ups as key clients, and Līga Fjodorova jointly lead the team, adding to the wider practice’s cross-border expertise in the context of mergers, such as the integration of intellectual property assets. Other channels of work include assistance with trade mark portfolios and registered designs feature highly among the group’s varied workload, as well as copyright infringement. The team hosts three licensed trade mark and design attorneys, one of which is Agnese Gerharde, who is a go-to practitioner for trade mark prosecution.

Ellex Klavins‘ practice group’s primary workload arises from contentious matters, namely often enforcement and disputes. The group’s workload spans patents, trade marks, and copyright, and runs the gamut of IP. Indeed, IP disputes are paired with advising telecoms companies on launching services and IT disputes, demonstrating a coverage of a variety of IP and IT matters. On the IT side, data protection, privacy issues, and consumer rights are among the key mandates. Mārtiņš Gailis, a seasoned litigator and a registered patent attorney, leads the practice. Sarmis Spilbergs and Edvijs Zandars are key team members, handling both contentious matters in Latvian courts and non-contentious matters such as trade mark and unfair competition advice and enforcement actions out of court.

Called upon by household name clients, Sorainen specialises in IP protection and enforcement, extending to trade mark protection, trade mark enforcement, patent advice, and copyright advice. Specifically, trade mark opposition cases are areas of strength of managing partner Ieva Andersone, who ‘combines deep sectoral knowledge with legal ability, consistently delivering pragmatic solutions that align with clients’ business objectives.’ Andersone and Linda Sarāne-Reneslāce lead the team. The pair’s experience in life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors, particularly for regulatory issues, encapsulates a focus of the practice as a whole. Andris Tauriņš is another standout practitioner, a licensed patent attorney concentrating on trade marks. The group’s representation of clients in disputes such as patent infringement matters is an additional forte of the practice.

Specialising in IP as a firm, Agency Tria Robit operates multi jurisdictionally with a decades-long IP law presence in the Baltics. Under the joint leadership of Vladimir Anohin and Natalija Anohina, who are both qualified trade mark attorneys, the group focuses on handling trade mark portfolios for a broad variety of clients. Leveraging strong ties with the Patent Office of Latvia, IP practitioners handle patents, designs, trade marks, utility models, copyrights and domain names, as well as representing telecoms and IT companies.

Eversheds Sutherland Bitans‘ practice is adept in trade mark infringement and trade mark disputes more generally, incorporating advice to Baltic branches of technology companies, as well as increasingly clients in the high-tech, biotech, and new media sectors. Managing partner and practice head Agris Bitāns is a veteran IP litigator, with expertise in complex copyright disputes. On the non-contentious side, Bitāns is equally active, handling related to parallel imports and trade mark rights. Dmitrijs Ņemirovskis specialises in advising telecommunications, technology and software companies on complex commercial, corporate and regulatory compliance matters. Elina Mucina counts technology companies and IT companies as key clients.

Lauded for its ‘advanced IP experts and litigators under the same roof’, TEGOS (Formerly TGS Baltic) concentrates on trade mark registration for local clients, as well as trade mark infringements, while displaying notable credentials in trade mark disputes. The group also has significant expertise in IT and technology licensing. Andra Rubene and Sandis Petrovičs are the pair at the helm, whose core sector strengths lie in the telecoms and technology sectors respectively. An additional significant practitioner is Alīna Lepere, who ‘focuses on IP matters while presenting years of experience in technology sector, employment law and dispute resolution experience’.

Falling within a wider IP, GDPR, and regulatory team, VILGERTS‘ IP branch of the practice is growing its presence in unique design and copyright infringement cases, due to their lack of precedent, adding to an already diverse practice of trade mark, patent, and copyright infringement assistance. Brigita Tērauda and Ineta Krodere lead the team, the former of whom is key for trade mark opposition cases. Practitioners also thrive in licensing advice and advice on commercial agreements with an IP nexus. This includes IP and data protection aspects of cooperation and franchise agreements, a strength of Kalīne Ozola.

Highlighted for ‘delivering complex, multi-stakeholder IT projects‘, NJORD Law Firm regularly deals with trade marks, designs, and copyright matters, both contentious and non-contentious. In addition, the practice’s diversity is further evidenced by expertise in database rights, while company and domain names are prominent areas of work. Sergei Petrov oversees the group, a lawyer who is well versed in trade mark registration.