19/01/2023 | Romanian Lawyers Week

Unitary Patent – Forms for requesting transitional measures are available

Cristina Georgescu |19/01/202327/01/2023

Today, an inventor can protect an invention in Europe via a national patent or a European patent. According to the European Patent Convention (EPC), the European Patent Office (EPO) examines applications for European patents centrally, saving inventors the costs of… Read moreUnitary Patent – Forms for requesting transitional measures are available

Romanian trade marks can be cancelled by the OSIM

Cristina Popescu and Carmen Turcu |19/01/202319/01/2023

As of 14 January 2023, requests can be made with the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trade Marks (OSIM) to cancel trade marks by using an administrative-jurisdictional procedure. According to Romania’s recently updated Trade Marks Law (Law no. 84/1998… Read moreRomanian trade marks can be cancelled by the OSIM