Mission and Vision

The Lithuanian intellectual property office (LINTA) is an institution of the executive power of the Republic of Lithuania, a state budget institution that performs state legal protection of industrial property objects (inventions, designs, trademarks and semiconductor topographies) in Lithuania and the functions of the central industrial property office in the European Union (EUIPO) and European patent organization (EPO). The founder of the LINTA is the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Currently the Lithuanian intellectual property office is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice.

The mission of the LINTA is to grant exclusive rights to objects of industrial property and ensure protection of industrial property rights in the Republic of Lithuania, efficiency and improvement of the system of protection of industrial property objects.

LINTA vision - accessible and value-generating industrial property.