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JOGAILOS 9
01116 VILNIUS
Lithuania
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Dr Azuolas Cekanavicius
Work Department
Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Advertising and Media Practice
Position
Dr. Ąžuolas Čekanavičius is a partner, patent attorney and head of the Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Advertising and Media Practice Group. He has more than 20 years of experience in advising and representing clients in complex copyright, trademark, advertising and media disputes. In recent years, he has focused on computer software protection, cloud services, cybersecurity and other IT legal issues, and is the head of the firm’s unique Ellex Digital project.
He is also a lecturer in civil and intellectual property law at Mykolas Romeris University and an author and co-author of scientific articles. He has actively participated in the drafting of laws in Lithuania: the Law on Public Information, the Law on Copyright and Related Rights.
Education
2020
WIPO Worldwide Academy
Advanced Course on Software Licensing Including Open Source
2012
Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Doctor of Social sciences
2010
L’Institut suisse de droit comparé (ISDC), Switzerland
Trainee, winner of the Van Calker scholarship
2009
WIPO Worldwide Academy, Geneva, Switzerland
Advanced Course on Copyright and Related Rights
2007
Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
2005
Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Lawyer Rankings
Lithuania > Intellectual property
(Next Generation Partners)Ellex‘s intellectual property, information technology, and media team handles a range of diverse matters throughout the market. The team advises on complex IP disputes, including those before the EUIPO, as well as patent-related disputes, and trademark registration and data protection matters. Having represented Lithuanian clothing manufacturer Aboutwear in successfully revoking the flagship EU trademarks of German online clothing company About You GbmH, along with advice to Diginet LTU on a database scraping dispute, the work handled by the firm evidences its depth of knowledge. The practice is led by Ąžuolas Čekanavičius, who has a particular focus on the protection of computer programmes, open-source software, cloud services, and cybersecurity.
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