Romania Trademark Registration Process

Romania Profile

Romania is located at the junction of Central and Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea. It is bordered by Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the east and north, and Bulgaria to the south. Romania is the ninth largest country in Europe by area and the seventh most populous in Europe, with a population of 1.9 million. Romania is divided into 41 counties and the municipality of Bucharest. Each county is governed by a county council, which is responsible for local affairs and the execution of national affairs at the county level.

Romanian Intellectual Property Legal System

• "Patent Law"
• "Utility Model Law"
• "Designs Act"
• Law on Trademarks and Geographical Indications
• The Plant Variety Protection Act
• Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act
• The Act to Protect the Topology of Semiconductor Products

International Organization/Agreement

• Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Their International Registration
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Nairobi Treaty for the Protection of the Olympic Emblem
• Patent Law Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
• Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property