ARTICLE · 09 SEPTEMBER 1998

Industrial Design: Requirements for Filing an Application in Romania

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Lucian Enescu

This guide includes suggestions to ensure rapid and efficient prosecution of your client design applications in Romania.

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Romanian designs law currently stipulates that the rights in industrial designs are to be recognized and protected by the grant of a title of protection by the State Office for Patents and Trademarks.

The title of protection is the certificate of registration of the industrial design which shall confer on its owner an exclusive right of exploitation on the territory of Romania.

The right to be granted a certificate of registration shall belong to the author of the industrial design or to his successor in title.

Where the owner is not the same person as the author, an assignment document is necessary to be filed.

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