| Abstract [eng] |
The article shall examine the situation concerning the trademark registration of periodical publications while at the same time providing suggestions. The author of the text evaluates the problem within the context of corresponding Lithuanian acts of law, giving particular attention to the fact that on September 1, 2006, the newly instated Public Information Law states: the means of collection, arrangement, publication, and distribution of information as well as the activities of those that organize, publicize, or any that participate in such activities as well as journalists and their activities are regulated by institutional laws, duties, and responsibiliti Article 36 of the Public Information Law lays the requirements for publications and the distribution of publications. Thus, the circulation each publication should be presented within that same publication, other information concerning its publication should meet with the Lithuanian standards, and issues should correspond to international standards. The author brings the reader's attention to contradictory cases. For instance, two papers that were published and distributed in Lithuania shared the same name, Lietuvos aidas [Lithuania's Echo]. Regardless of the fact that the Public Information Law regulates all duties and obligations of all public information participants as well as personal and institutional rights, not a single institution that organizes or publicizes public information - neither the Ministry of Culture commissioned by the Government (Public Information Law, Article 45) nor the Ethics Commission of Journalists and Publishers (Article 46) were capable of declaring their positions clearly... |
