George Irimescu
- Associate
- Trademark and Design Attorney
- European Trademark and Design Attorney

George’s practice focuses on clearance, registration, maintenance and enforcement of trademarks and industrial designs. He mostly handles opposition and appeal proceedings and responses to office actions and provisional refusals before the Romanian PTO, EUIPO and WIPO.
While he assists clients from a variety of industries, George has recently represented major fashion companies, global hotel chains and media companies in trademark prosecution matters. He has also advised a well-known tissue company on obtaining protection for one of its pattern marks.
George also works as an assistant at Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest, carrying out research and holding lectures in the field of intellectual property. He regularly contributes articles on IP law to the Romanian IP Law Magazine. George is also currently earning his LLD in a program jointly taught by Maastricht University in the Netherlands and Nicolae Titulescu University in Romania.
Before joining PETOŠEVIĆ in 2013, George worked at another Romanian IP law firm handling various IP-related matters.
Practice Areas
- Trademark Prosecution
- Romania
- Design Prosecution
- Romania
- Copyright
- Romania
- Domain Names
- Romania
- Internet and Social Media
- Romania
- Geographical Indications
- Romania
- IP Enforcement and Litigation
- Romania
- Media and Entertainment Law
- Romania
- Trademark Litigation
- Romania
Qualifications
- European Trademark and Design Attorney, 2021
- Trademark and Design Attorney, Romania, 2016
Languages
Native Romanian, fluent English and Moldovan, basic French
Education
- Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands and Faculty of Law, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania, LLD, pending
- Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Romania, LLM in European Law, 2012
- Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Romania, LLB, 2011
Seminars/Courses
- Completed training on industrial designs organised by the Romanian PTO, 2016
- Completed training on trademarks and geographical indications organized by the Romanian PTO, 2016
Membership
- INTA
- College of Judicial Counselors, Bucharest, 2012
- Romanian Association for Law and European Affairs (RALEA)
- Scientific Association of IP Law, Romania
- Romanian Chamber of Patent Attorneys (CNCPIR)