Romania News Archives
January 02, 2007
Supplementary Protection Certificates in Bulgaria and Romania
Further to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union on January 1, 2007, EU regulations concerning the creation of supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products, as well as the regulations concerning the creation of supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products will enter into force in these two countries.
Accordingly, it is important to note the following:
In both Bulgaria and Romania any medicinal product or any plant protection product protected by a valid basic patent and for which the first authorisation to enter the market as a medicinal product or as a plant protection product was obtained after January 1, 2000 may be granted a certificate provided that the application for a certificate is lodged within six months of the date of accession, which is by June 30, 2007.
The above applies even if the actual filing date, calculated according to the EU regulations, has expired.
For more information please contact Loic Dufour or Aura Campeanu.
March 20, 2006
Romania – On March 5, 2006 Amendments to the Law Regarding the Protection of the Topography of the Integrated Circuits Entered Into Force.
The Law 337/2005 will modify the current law on the protection of the Topography of the Integrated Circuits no. 16/1995 in accordance with the Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products.
The Law 337 entered into force on 5th March 2006.
Please contact Marilena Oprea in our Romania office for more information on the new law.
December 29, 2005
Romania – New Customs Law Regarding Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Enters Into Force on February 3, 2006
Under the new law the customs survey applications will be free of charge.
The applications should include the following information:
Contact details of the right holder and its representative,
An accurate and detailed technical description of the goods,
The specific information the right-holder has concerning the type of fraud, and
Any other available information such as:
The pre-tax value of the original goods on the legitimate market in the country in which the application for action is lodged
The location of the goods or their intended destination
Particulars identifying the consignment or packages
The scheduled arrival or departure date of the goods
The means of transport used
The identity of the importer, exporter or holder of the goods
The country or countries of production and the routes used by traffickers, and
The technical differences, if known, between the authentic and suspect goods.
Along with the application, the right holder will be required to submit the statement accepting liability for his/her omissions, including subsequent finding that the goods in question do not infringe the right holder’s intellectual property. The right-holder shall also agree to cover all costs incurred in keeping the goods under customs control, including the costs involved in destroying the infringing goods.
All applications filed under the current law should be supplemented with the above outlined statement as required by the new law.
The new law provides that under certain circumstances the infringing goods may be destroyed without initiating any legal actions.
Please contact Marilena Oprea in our Romania office for more information on the new law.
July 21, 2005
SD PETOSEVIC Opens Romania Office
We are pleased to announce the opening of our wholly-owned intellectual property law office in Bucharest, Romania.
SD PETOSEVIC Romania SRL
100 Calea Victoriei Street
2nd floor, Apt. 20, Office 1, Sector 1,
Bucharest, Romania
T. + 40 21 305 79 96
F. + 40 21 314 54 81
Clients are welcome to use our Client Service Office in Brussels to manage their matters or may contact the Romania staff directly:
July 06, 2005
Ratification by Romania of Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol to Enter Into Force on July 20, 2005
On June 20, 2005, the government of Romania has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol, adopted at Nairobi on September 26, 1981.
According to WIPO, the Nairobi Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Romania, on July 20, 2005.
For more information, please contact our Romania representative.