Protecting Drugs By Design

The regulation of design protection in Romanian law is only of recent date.

The first regulation was the Law No. 129/1993 in the field of the industrial property right, followed by Law no. 8/1996 in the field of copyright.

The interests of creators of pharmaceutical products being more practical than artistic, these products are protected by the industrial property legislation, and specifically Law no. 129/1993. According to this law, design protection is assured by a design registration certificate issued by patent Office on the basis of a regular national filing.

The owner of this certificate has the exclusive right to use within the territory of Romania for a five year period with the possibility of extending this by two further five years periods, as well as the right to prevent third parties from any action without his consent.