Recently the Romanian Parliament approved an amendment to the trademark law which will come into effect in early 2010.

On October 20, 2022, the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 140/2022 on the single industrial licence ("GEO 140/2022") adopted by the Romanian Government has been published in the Official Gazette.

Sometimes, the lack of Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) case law is the magic pill that delays the death of a patent granted for a medicinal product.

Following the adoption of Law 81/2024 for the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA), Romania is set to become the 18th participant in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the first state to join...

<P>The Romanian Patent Law No. 64/1991 is currently undergoing review with a proposal to introduce amendments in order to meet the current economical needs and largely ties with TRIP's Agreement and European Union requirements. At this stage, the draft of amendments is under the Parliament approval. There is much hope that the draft will be approved by the end of 1999. </P> <P>The major aspects of the draft are related with patent protection of products and in particular pharmaceutical and

In the past decades, the legal status of the concept of know-how has been a subject of debate among scholars. Initially, it was not recognized as a genuine intellectual property right.

In Romania, the legal provisions regarding the obligation to use a trade mark and the applicable sanction for the failing to use it have been adopted relatively recently adopted, through Law 84/1998 on trade marks and geographical indications.

Romania's PTO has issued new instructions for the examination of trademarks and geographical indications, in effect as of August 1, 2012.

On September 10, 2020, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar delivered his Opinion in Case C‑392/19 VG Bild-Kunst v Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, where a request for a preliminary ruling was lodged...

Counterfeiting is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon within the EU, to the detriment of both its citizens and holders of intellectual property rights.

Trade secrets represent information that is not generally known or accessible to the normal circle of persons who deal with that kind of information.

Romania substantially amended its trademark legislation via Law 112/2020 which entered into force on July 13, 2020. Amendments to the Implementing Regulations are expected in September 2020.

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