March 2020

• COVID-19: Update from Our Offices, PTOs, Courts

July 2019

• Latvian and Lithuanian National Patent Data Added to Patentscope

February 2018

• Latvia Ratifies UPC Agreement

July 2017

• Estonia, Latvia Move Closer to Ratification of UPC Agreement

April 2017

• Latvian PTO Signs New Cooperation Plan with EPO

January 2016

• New Industrial Property Institutions and Procedures Act Enters into Force in Latvia

December 2015

• Authorities Shut Down 999 Websites Selling Counterfeits

October 2015

• New Industrial Property Institutions and Procedures Act to Enter into Force in Latvia

July 2014

• Latvia Informs WIPO of Fees Under Budapest Treaty

February 2013

• Latvian PTO Joins EuroClass Project
• Latvia Joins New Database Designview

June 2012

• Latvian Firm Fined for Distributing Fake Smartphone Applications

May 2012

• Latvian and Finish Trademarks Added to TMview

January 2011

• Latvia Amends Administrative Violations Code IP Provisions

November 2010

• Latvia Adopts Amendments to Patent, Trademark and GI Laws

April 2010

• Latvia Ratifies Patent Law Treaty

February 2010

• Latvia’s PTO Establishes Free Trademark Database

May 2005

• Latvia Accedes to the European Patent Convention