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The Patent Office, the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and  Industry, and the Latvian Designers’ Society invites Latvian entrepreneurs to apply for the participation in the most prestigious Latvian competition in the field of industrial property (IP) protection "Trademark of the Year 2021"  in two nominations:  "Trademark of the Year - Latvia" and "Trademark of the Year - World".

The Patent Office’s director Agris Batalauskis said „For the nine years, the competition "Trademark of the Year” has become a significant event both for representatives of the IP sector and for those Latvian enterpreneurs who have given priority to the protection of their IP rights by registering trademarks. We invite our entrepreneurs to use the opportunity to nominate their successfully created trademarks for the competition, in this way popularising their products or services.”

In order to participate in the competition, trademarks promoting Latvian entrepreneurship had to be registered in the national or international procedures, or as European Union trademarks, in the previous calendar year.

The information about the conduct of the competition is available on the website of the Patent Office at https://www.lrpv.gov.lv/lv/konkursa-norise

The winners of the competition will be determined based on the results of public voting and the jury’s ranking. Awards are expected to be presented on World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, 2022.

The winners of the previous years’ awards were the following:  Rīgas piena kombināts JSC, Zekants LLC, Labie koki LLC, the Latvian National Opera and Ballet, Manilla LLC, MILZU! LLC, Jelgava Municipality,  Enogam LLC " (nomination “Trademark of the Year  Latvia”); SAF Tehnika JSC, PRINTFUL LATVIA JSC, Mārtiņš Barkāns (Abavas dārzi LLC), Rāmkalni LLC, Marine Insurance Services LLC, Latvijas Piens LLC, Lattelecom LLC, Spodrība JSC (nomination “Trademark of the Year – World”).

Please find an informative video about the competition at  https://ej.uz/konkursa_GPZ_video