Tomas Jakubauskas

Senior Associate

Patent Attorney, Court Mediator

Languages

Lithuanian, English, Russian

Practice areas

• Commercial agreements
• Commercial and IT
• Commercial litigation
• Competition, EU and Trade
• Intellectual property
• Litigation and dispute management
• Media
• Other
• Patent litigation
• Patent services
• Privacy, data protection and cybersecurity

Practice notes

Education and professional training

Vytautas Magnus university, Institute of Law bachelor and master‘s degree, 2003 - 2008
Vytautas Magnus university, Institute of Law master‘s degree in Administrative law, 2003 - 2006
Michigan State University Transnational law certificate, 2006
Vytautas Magnus university, Institute of Politics and International law, Bachelor in Public Administration, 1999 - 2003

Employment record

Senior Associate at Eversheds Saladžius, April 2018 to present
Attorney-at-Law at Eversheds Saladžius, March 2012 to March 2018
Attorney-at-Law at Law firm of Z. Mišeikis, 2011 - 2012
Lawyer at METIDA Law firm of R. Žaboliene, 2007 - 2011
Advocate‘s assistant at Law firm Girdziušas and partners, 2007 - 2010
Kaunas City municipality‘s Department of Law, Senior specialist, 2006 – 2007

Membership in professional bodies

Member of the Informational Technologies committee of Lithuanian Bar Association, from 2018
Member of Copyright Committee at European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), 2016 to present
Court Mediator, 2015 to present
Member of Harmonization Committee at European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), from 2012 to 2016
Member of European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), 2012 to present
Patent Attorney, 2012 to present
Representative of European Trade Mark and Design Network at European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), 2011 to present
Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association, 2011 to present

Other activities

Conferences/Seminars

Lecturer at a seminar organised by Enterprise Lithuania on topic Trademark: How to Use Intellectual Property to Create Value for Your Business? Vilnius, 2017
Lecturer on topic How to protect your brand? Options for Protecting Your Brilliant Idea, Kaunas Technology and Science Park, 2017
Attendee at the 12th AIPPI Baltic Conference, 2017
Representative at the National Competition for Legal Knowledge, 2017
Lecturer on topic Avoiding litigation: Intellectual property infringement – trademarks, Vilnius/Kaunas, 2016
Lecturer at a seminar on topic The need to protect intellectual property in Lithuania, Kaunas, 2011
Lecturer at a seminar on topic How to profit from trademarks? Kaunas, 2010
Lecturer at a seminar on topic Infringements of trademark owners' rights on the internet, Vilnius, 2010
Lecturer at a seminar on topic How to create a strong trademark and use it effectively?, Kaunas, 2010
Lecturer in periodic seminars on topic Infringements of trademark owners' rights on the internet, Vilnius, 2010
Lecturer at an International seminar Legal and practical aspects of trademark protection in Russia and Belarus, 2010

Publications:

The author of a publication on topic Planning for success in business? Register your trademark.
The author of a publication on topic What to look out for when buying a trademark?
The author of an article on topic Domain name litigation in Lithuania
The author of an article on topic Registration of a trademark
The author of an article on topic Usage of name and surname in a domain name
The author of an article on topic Whether first to come always wins the domain name
The author of an article on topic Trademark squatters profit on the Internet. The article has been published in several daily newspapers - Klaipėda, Delfi, Kauno diena.
Co-author of a World Trademark yearbook 2007. A global guide for practitioners. Lithuania, Globe Business Publishing Ltd.