{"id":24,"date":"2026-08-10T15:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rodall.ro\/en\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:45:18","slug":"trademark-watching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rodall.ro\/en\/trademark-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Trademark watching in Romania and the EU: two months to react"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Registering a mark does not stop anyone from filing a similar one. Neither OSIM nor EUIPO will refuse a later application because your mark exists \u2014 they raise earlier rights only if the holder objects. Watching is how you find out in time to object.<\/p>\n<h2>The two-month problem<\/h2>\n<p>Opposition must be filed within two months of publication in Romania, three months at EUIPO. Both terms are preclusive. Miss them and the later mark proceeds to registration, after which your options narrow to cancellation proceedings \u2014 slower, more expensive, and with a higher evidential burden.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody notifies you when a similar application is published. The publication is public, but finding it requires looking. That is the whole of the service.<\/p>\n<h2>What we watch<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>New applications in the Romanian national register<\/li>\n<li>EU trade mark applications at EUIPO, which have effect in Romania<\/li>\n<li>International registrations designating Romania or the European Union<\/li>\n<li>Identical marks and similar signs, assessed for phonetic, visual and conceptual proximity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What you receive<\/h2>\n<p>A report when something relevant appears \u2014 not a monthly list of everything filed in your classes. Each notification states what was filed, by whom, in which classes, how close it is to your mark, when the opposition period closes, and what we recommend.<\/p>\n<p>Most notifications need no action. The value lies in the ones that do, and in the fact that you learn about them with weeks in hand rather than after registration.<\/p>\n<h2>Why automated alerts are not enough<\/h2>\n<p>Database alerts match strings. They miss phonetic similarity across languages, transliterations, and figurative marks whose verbal element differs but whose overall impression does not. They also generate volume, which trains you to ignore them. Assessment by an attorney is the point of the service; the database query is the trivial part.<\/p>\n<h2>Scope<\/h2>\n<p>Watching can cover one mark or a portfolio, in Romania alone or across the EU. For clients with manufacturing operations here and marks registered elsewhere, watching Romania specifically is often the gap that has been overlooked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registering a mark does not stop anyone from filing a similar one. Neither OSIM nor EUIPO will refuse a later application because your mark exists \u2014 they raise earlier rights only if the holder objects. Watching is how you find out in time to object. 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