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BIRŠTONAS RAMŪNAS, Prof. Dr.

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Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise

Intellectual Property Law, Property Law, Protection of personal non-property rights.

Education

  • 2018 acquired a Master’s of Law (LLM), World Intellectual Property Organization and the University of Turin (Italy).
  • 2007 acquired a Doctoral of Law degree, Mykolas Romeris University.
  • 2003 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Mykolas Romeris University.
  • 2000 acquired a Bachelor’s of Philosophy degree, Vilnius University.

Main publications

  • Birštonas, Ramūnas; Mantrov, Vadim; Kelli, Aleksei. The principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration in copyright contracts and its implementation in the Baltic States // New legal reality: challenges and perspectives. II: 8th international scientific conference of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, 21–22 October 2021. Rīga : University of Latvia Press, 2022.
  • Birštonas R., Liauksminaitė J. Intellectual Property Protection in the Creative Industries (Intelektinės nuosavybės apsauga kūrybinėse industrijose). Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2020.
  • Birštonas, Ramūnas. Experience and perspectives of the application of the acquired statute of limitations // Property law: will the foundations of private law withstand the 21st century. challenges?= Įgyjamosios senaties taikymo patirtis ir perspektyvos // Daiktinė teisė: ar privatinės teisės pamatai atlaikys XXI a. iššūkius? Vilnius : Žuvėdra, 2020. ISBN 9786098219449. p. 59-72.

More publications.

Main scientific and research projects

  • 2022-2023 leader of the project “Copyright and Related Rights Law Commentary”. The project financed by the Lithuanian Council of Culture.
  • 2022-2023 national expert of the project “Trade Secrets Litigation Trends in the EU“. The project commissioned by the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
  • 2022 national expert of the project “Secure Digital Lending”, Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) program.
  • 2022 national expert of the project “Remuneration study of phonogram performers and producers”. Coordinator ICF SA; project funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technologies (CONNECT).
  • 2021 leader of the project “Mandatory collective administration: risks, advantages and alternatives”. Coordinator Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania; project financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
  • 2018-2020 leader of the project “Protection of creators’ rights in creative industries”. Coordinator Vilnius University; project funded by the Lithuanian Culture Council. More information.
  • 2018-2018 national expert of the project “EURALIUS (Harmonization of the Albanian legal system with EU standards)”. Coordinator, German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation; project funded by the European Commission.

Significant expert activity, membership

  • 2020-2021 chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Lithuanian Bar Association, from 2021- committee member.
  • Since 2019 copyright expert of the Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLAB) working group.
  • 2019 head of the VU Faculty of Law Scientific thematic group “Data ownership, transmission and access under industry 4.0”.
  • 2019-2021 member of the working group on the preparation of the draft amendment to the Republic of Lithuania Copyright and Related Rights Law.
  • 2017 chairman of the Lithuanian Copyright and Related Rights Commission.
  • 2017 member of the supervision of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania.

Popularization of science

Languages

Lithuanian, English and Russian.