Romania

Firm overview

BACIU PARTNERS is a business law firm that stands out thanks to its team members independently acclaimed manner to find different and better answers to client’s questions. Our reputation in the Romanian market is the result of our firm's native enthusiastic spirit that is amplified by our clients’ trust in our commitment to provide outstanding legal assistance in a rapid, accessible, and genuinely useful manner.

We come up with feasible legal alternatives that have a sound touch of business acumen. Such approach is doubled by constant vigilance in the face of ever-changing legislation, advocacy initiatives, and active contributions to the professional associations such as AmCham Romania, Concordia, INTA, ECTA, MARQUES, AIPPI or IMGL. Generally, this positions us as the first to signal and to answer genuinely difficult questions from clients in the areas of practice of our expertise: intellectual property, consumer protection, advertising and other regulatory (AML, data privacy), gaming and gambling, complemented by vital points of view on corporate aspects and dispute resolution.

Our award-winning Intellectual Property practice group expertly combines the in-depth knowledge more commonly associated with boutique IP firms with the broad resources and expertise available in our business law firm, which the business community requires for complex transactional work or dispute resolution. The team’s expertise in Intellectual Property has been sharpened in over 20 years of hands-on engagements in some of the most challenging projects rolled out on the Romanian market. We complement this with our passion, focus and commitment to hard work to each new project.

Our work focuses on brands and trademarks, designs, trade dress and trade names, enforcement and border measures, unfair competition, trade secrets and know-how, copyright and related rights, domain names, IP transactional to include IP drafting, negotiation and management of contracts and due diligence work.

We have the resources and capabilities to ensure assistance and representation in relation to:

• prosecution issues: clear, register and manage all your trademarks and designs, copyright and domain names
• monitoring and opposing to conflicting third party applications
• defending your IP rights by taking pre-trial measures and actions, in active litigation or at the border
• negotiations in transactional matters Protecting your business’ interests and helping you avoid or approach litigation in conflicting situations

BACIU PARTNERS is the umbrella brand for BACIU & ASOCIATII Law Firm, BACIU BENDE IP SRL and BPARTNERS 360 Regulatory SRL.

Firm overview

Founded in March 1995, CABINET M. OPROIU is a professional partnership of industrial property attorneys, engineers, chemists, physicists and attorneys-at-law, all specialized in the field of industrial property rights, based in the city of Bucharest, Romania.

CABINET M. OPROIU is involved exclusively in the field of intellectual property matters. We cover all range from prosecution of patents, trademarks, designs in Romania to litigation for patents, trademarks and designs. In Europe, we file and prosecute European patent applications as well as trademarks and designs before EUIPO (formerly OHIM).

One particular focus is directed towards the prosecution of national and European Patent applications in examination, procedure of revocation and appeal proceedings before the national courts and the European Patent Office, as well as to the national and European trademarks.

Our competitive edge as recognized by our clients refers to patent drafting for the European Patent Office, patent prosecution, prosecution of applications for supplementary protection certificates and to patent litigation (both cancellation and infringement proceedings that include the supplementary protection certificates ) and drafting opinions on the legal validity and infringement of industrial property rights.

Firm overview

Lexters is an innovative Romanian boutique law firm specializing in Tech & DeepTech, Intellectual Property & Franchise law, as well as M&A/Corporate practices.

Lexters is dedicated to assisting businesses and entrepreneurs in their journey to expand and succeed, leveraging their intellectual property assets and technological innovations. The firm's vision is to support clients by providing comprehensive legal services that foster growth and innovation.

Our team boasts decades of experience across various domains, including large-scale IP, IT, and network projects, technology transfers and joint ventures. We excel in business process outsourcing, system implementations, and cloud solutions. Additionally, we have extensive expertise in software licensing arrangements and contracts for implementing services and solutions based on innovative and disruptive technologies, such as blockchain, robotic process automation and artificial intelligence.

Firm overview

Zivko Mijatovic & Partners (ZMP) is a full-service IP law firm, established in 1939 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, as a general practice law firm. It has grown progressively and today consists of 15 offices in 14 European countries. The overall protection of all IP rights, including prosecution, enforcement and litigation, is provided through the network of ZMP offices covering the Balkan Peninsula and Central and Eastern Europe, with a liaison office in Alicante, Spain, providing legal services in relation to European trademarks and designs and IP legal services in Spain. Over the last 30 years, ZMP’s primary activity has been the protection, via prosecution and litigation, of all IP rights.

The firm has gained reputation for having stellar and efficient services in the region. ZMP is known for being a creative, open and straightforward firm, with a meticulous approach tailored to the client’s needs. ZMP’s constant presence in Central and Eastern Europe means that clients receive immediate and simultaneous service across the region, simply by contacting one of the offices. That is why the service provided by ZMP is unique in the region.

ZMP offers a full range of IP services, providing legal assistance and advice on the protection of IP rights and management and enforcement of the same across Central and Eastern Europe. Services include filing and prosecution of IP rights; searches and watching services; IP portfolio management; dispute resolution; advice and representation in infringement and enforcement matters. ZMP and its attorneys are authorized to represent clients before judicial authorities, IP offices, customs offices and different administrative authorities of the countries in which the firm’s offices are located.

ZMP is particularly active in matters of counterfeiting and piracy. Given that the Western Balkans, due to its geographical location, is a gateway to the EU market and a fertile ground for the production and distribution of counterfeit goods, Rights' holders are advised to consider the measures available across the region and contemplate implementing a strategy that recognizes the root of the problem and provides a long-term solution. Countries of the Western Balkans should be considered as a single region. ZMP is uniquely positioned to provide this service through its network of tightly linked local offices. The firm has therefore introduced a “Customs Package” whereby it handles customs applications, seizures and destruction of all counterfeit products flowing through the countries of former Yugoslavia and Albania (eight jurisdictions in total) through only one point of contact, thus saving costs, avoiding heavy administrative burdens and consolidating customs matters with one agent.

As part of the firm´s business growth strategy, ZMP is more active on social media, dynamic, approachable and always on alert on the virtual space to detect any kind of unfair competition in the market through typo squatting, metatags, spamming and cybersquatting because we focus on our clients and consumer protection. ZMP strives towards corporate responsibility, through sponsorship activities and the number of professionals employed in our offices has increased by a minimum of 10% annually, with constant investment in education.

Network Memberships:
INTA, ECTA, AIPPI, MARQUES, PTMG