MIZARAS VYTAUTAS, Prof. Dr. (HP), LL.M.
Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise
Law of Obligations, Intellectual Property Law, Tort Law, Intellectual Property and Information Technology, EU and Competition Law.
Education
- 2009 habilitation procedure, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
- 2002 acquired a Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
- 1998 acquired a Master’s of Law (LL.M.) degree, Faculty of Law, J. W. Goethe University.
- 1997 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
Main Publications
- Mažrimaitė, Andra; Pasvenskas, Vytautas; Mickutė, Karolina (subject guide); Mizaras, Vytautas (subject guide). Restrictions during pandemic: justified but is it lawful? = Ribojimai karantino metu: pateisinami, bet ar teisėti? // Teisės mokslo pavasaris 2021= Law science spring 2021 :Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakulteto studentų mokslinė draugija: [straipsnių rinkinys]= Vilnius University Faculty of Law Students Scientific Society: [collection of articles]. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 2345-0878. eISSN 2538-8916. 2021, p. 70-91. DOI: 10.15388/TMP.2021.4.
- Mizaras, Vytautas. Lithuania // Patent enforcement in Europe: a country-by-country overview. Munich: European Patent Office, 2019. ISBN 9783896052230. p. 271-281. Access via Internet: <https://www.epo.org/learning-events/materials/patent-enforcement.html> [Accessed 25/03/2020].
- Mizaras, Vytautas. The influence of the European Union Law on the Lithuanian Copyright Law // Zeszyty naukowe uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego: Prace z prawa wlasnosci intelektualnej. Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer Polska. ISSN 1689-7080. 2016, Zs. 132, p. 114-133.
Main scientific and research projects
- 2019 expert in the study on the revision of the General Product Safety Directive. The project was carried out by “Civil Consulting GmBH”, financed by the European Commission.
- 2016-2017 expert in the study “Study to support the Fitness Check of EU Consumer law”. The project was carried out by “Civil Consulting GmBH”, financed by the European Commission.
- 2015 expert in the research project “Legal review on industrial design protection in the European Union” A project funded by the European Commission.
Membership in editorial boards
- Member of editorial board of scientific journal “Law. Scientific works”
- Member of editorial board of scientific journal “Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Law”.
- Reviewer of scientific journal “International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law”.
Significant expert activity, membership
- Since 2013 member of the Notary Qualification Examination Commission, 2019-2021 – Deputy chairman of the commission.
- 2018-2021 chairman of the Council of the Human Rights Monitoring Institute.
- 2017-2021 member of the Copyright and Related Rights Commission of the Republic of Lithuania.
- 2017-2020 member of the State Awards Council.
- 2016-2021 Honorary Consul of the Republic of Austria.
Awards
- 2021 Order of the Republic of Austria “Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria”.
- 2019 Order of Merit of the Commander of the Republic of Italy.
- 2015 Knight’s Cross of the Order of Grand Duke Gediminas of the President of the Republic of Lithuania.
Popularization of science
- V. Mizaras. The Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania is 20 years old: can legal acts adapt to the needs of a modernizing society? Interview on program “Delfi rytas”, 2021-07-02.
- Interview with VU professor Vytautas Mizaras. Interview on Vilnius University YouTube channel, 2020-05-15.
- V. Mizaras. About the balance between intellectual property and society’s needs. Article in Vilnius University news portal, 2018-04-26.
Languages
Lithuanian, German, English and Russian.