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Trademark registration in Romania

Applicants without a domicile or registered seat in Romania must act before OSIM through a certified industrial property attorney. We act as Romanian associate for foreign IP firms and as direct representative for foreign companies: filing, prosecution, oppositions, renewals and recordals, with all correspondence and reporting in English.

Send instructions: office@rodall.ro Local representation before OSIM

Since 1991 Direct representation before OSIM Correspondence in English

Your attorneys in Romania

Two certified attorneys, over fifty years of combined practice

Gheorghiță (George) Bălan

Industrial property attorney, National Register no. 1992-1 · Patents and trademarks

Former legal counsel to the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM). Represented Romania in the GATT negotiations on intellectual property and initiated the law governing the profession of industrial property attorney in Romania. Law degree from the University of Iași. Completed industrial property law courses at the Academy of American and International Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas (1991).

Working languages: English, Romanian, Polish, Russian.

Nicoleta Pescărașu

Industrial property attorney, National Register no. 2008-1570 · Trademarks

Drafts, files and prosecutes trademark applications before OSIM in all Nice classes, and handles the enforcement of industrial property rights. Degrees in Law (Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest) and Mathematics (University of Bucharest).

Working languages: English, French, Romanian.

35 years

of uninterrupted practice

3,000+

trademarks filed

OSIM

certified attorneys

EUIPO · WIPO

international protection

Who we work with

Two kinds of client, one procedure

Romanian law reserves representation before OSIM to certified industrial property attorneys. If you have no domicile or registered seat in Romania, you cannot file on your own behalf — you need a local representative. That is the point at which most of our clients contact us.

Foreign attorneys and IP firms

You hold the client relationship; we act as your Romanian associate. You send instructions, we file, prosecute and report back. Professional fees, clear deadlines, no approach to your client.

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Foreign businesses operating in Romania

A factory, an importer or a local subsidiary needs its brand protected on the territory where it trades. We handle the whole file in English, from the availability search to the certificate.

start with an availability search

The life of a trademark

From the availability search to renewal at ten years

A trademark is not settled by a single act. Each stage has its own deadlines, and missing one can undo the protection already obtained.

Before filing

Availability search

A documentary search shows whether an identical or similar mark already exists in the same class. It is not mandatory, but it avoids the cost of promoting a name you will not be able to protect.

check whether the name is free

Main stage

Filing and registration with OSIM

We determine the Nice classes that match your activity, prepare the documentation and file the application. We follow the substantive examination, answer provisional refusals and collect the certificate. Protection runs for ten years from the filing date.

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Territorial extension

Protection outside Romania

A national mark has effect only on Romanian territory. If you sell or export elsewhere, protection is extended through an EU trade mark or through the Madrid System.

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After registration

Managing and defending the mark

A registered mark has to be watched. Watching flags similar applications in good time, opposition blocks them within the two-month statutory term, and renewal maintains protection beyond the first ten years.

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How the procedure runs

Four stages, predictable deadlines

Search

2–3 working days

Filing

one day from instructions

OSIM examination

approximately 6 months

Certificate

valid for 10 years

Our fee depends on the number of classes; OSIM official taxes are paid separately, directly to the office. See the fees for registering a trademark.

Marks in non-Latin scripts

Chinese, Arabic and Cyrillic characters

A mark written in a script other than the Latin alphabet raises questions a domestic applicant never meets: how the sign is represented in the application, how the examiner assesses distinctiveness, whether a transliteration should be filed alongside the original, and how similarity is judged against existing Romanian marks.

We handle these files regularly for clients with manufacturing operations in Romania. If your mark is not in Latin characters, say so in your first message — it changes the advice from the outset.

Frequently asked questions

What clients ask most often

Can I file a Romanian trademark myself if my company is registered abroad?

No. An applicant without domicile or a registered seat in Romania must act through a certified industrial property attorney. This is a statutory requirement, not an administrative preference. Appointing a representative is a short formality and does not delay the filing date.

My company is registered with the Romanian Trade Register. Do I still need a trademark?

Yes. Registration with the Trade Register reserves the company name as a legal entity, but it gives no exclusive right over the commercial name. Someone else can register the same wording as a trademark and prevent you from using it in trade.

How long does it take to obtain the certificate?

Normally around six months from filing, provided no third-party opposition and no examiner objection arise. Protection is calculated from the filing date, however, not from the date the certificate is issued.

Does an EU trade mark cover Romania?

Yes. An EU trade mark has unitary effect across all member states, Romania included. A national Romanian filing still makes sense where the mark is used only here, where an earlier EU right blocks the EU route, or where cost matters more than territorial reach.

What happens if someone files a mark similar to mine?

You have two months from publication of the application to file an opposition. The term is preclusive and cannot be extended. To meet it you have to learn about the filing in time — which is what trademark watching is for.

Do you work in English throughout?

Yes. Correspondence, reports and instructions are in English. Documents addressed to OSIM are filed in Romanian, as the law requires, and we provide translations where a document has to be produced in both languages.

Contact

Tell us about your mark

The first consultation is free. If you already have a name in mind, send it to us and you will get a reasoned answer rather than a quotation.

Phone +40 744 377 047
Email office@rodall.ro
Address Strada Polonă 115, Bucharest 014719
Hours Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 18:00

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