Offices

Romania

PETOŠEVIĆ Romania

Intrarea Camil Petrescu nr.1, Sector 1 010541 Bucharest Romania

Tel: +40 21 3057 996

Fax: +40 21 314 5481

Contact

Aura Campeanu: Director – Romania Office
Trademark & Patent Agent

Latest Article

A New Beginning: Protecting Your Trademark Portfolio in The Emerging Romanian Market

by Marilena Oprea, SD PETOSEVIC, Romania SRL

Located in the Southeastern part of Europe, Romania borders the Black Sea, to the East, and is surrounded by Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, Hungary, Ukraine and Moldova. Accordingly, due to its geographical position, Romania controls the most easily traversable land route between the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union. Although, Romania itself is not perceived as a producer of counterfeit products, it has the reputation of a transit country for goods coming from Asia into Europe. Keeping in mind its aspirations to join the EU, Romania can ill afford a legal system that does not offer sufficient guarantees for eliminating IP infringement in the country. Although the relative poverty of the average Romanian citizen makes them prime consumers for counterfeit and pirated goods, given the external incentives for change, Romanians and their government have begun to understand the value of intellectual property enforcement. As such, it has become possible to begin enforcing trademark rights in this jurisdiction. In order to do so, certain things must be kept in mind.

International Conventions

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MINIMAL FILING REQUIREMENTS

Patent Applications

Applicant data
Name, address and occupation of the inventor
Priority application data
Patent specification and claims

Trade/Service Mark Applications

Applicant data
Priority application data
List of goods/services
At least one representation of the mark (in color if claimed)

Industrial Design Applications

Applicant data
Priority application data
At least one drawing or photograph of the claimed model or design

All other documents may be filed subsequently. Powers of attorney and declarations need not be legalized or notarized unless requested by the Patent and Trademark Office.

Some documents may require translation to Romanian.

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