Experts in worldwide trademark registration
Experts in worldwide trademark registration
Experts in worldwide trademark registration
Determine the probabilities your trademark has of being successfully registered in Romania
First Class
$100
Additional Class
$80
*The prices mentioned are for wordmarks
All fees included
Apply to have your trademark registered in Romania
First Class
$1,140
Additional Class
$460
Final fee for registration
First Class: $220 | Additional Class: $0
All fees included
PRICE NOTES
The prices expressed are in USD.
Search report In Romania reports are only offered for word elements. Delivery time: 5 business days.
Application Approximate process duration for straightforward cases: 6 to 8 months.
The prices expressed are for straightforward cases and include all official and professional fees. The prices do not include responses to office actions (e.g. examiner’s refusal), defenses from third party pre- or post-registration oppositions or responses to cancellation actions.
Final Fee for Registration The amount to be paid may vary. Price will be that expressed for the service at the moment when such is required or due.
Watch Service will be activated within 72 hours after payment has been cleared. Service is for 365 days.
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In Romania, trademark registration is mandatory to be granted rights over a trademark, as it is a "first to file" jurisdiction.
To obtain trademark protection in Romania, one can register either locally via the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM), or regionally by filing a European Union Trademarks (EUTM) which grants protection in the whole European Union.
Romania is also a member state to the Madrid Protocol. Thus, the extension of an international registration of a trademark via the Madrid System is possible for this country. For further information regarding our services for trademark filing through the Madrid System click here.
If you register a combined trademark (which includes both word elements and figurative elements) in Romania, the exclusive right to use the trademark is limited to a use of the trademark in the exact configuration or way in which it was filed and registered. If you wish to use the word element of your trademark separately from the logo (or vice versa), it is recommended you register for another trademark including only the word or figurative elements you wish to use and protect separately.
Nevertheless, if a third party eventually intends to register or use a trademark for similar goods or services that includes a primary or distinct part or portion of your trademark, you will have the right to oppose the application based on confusing similarity.
Opposition actions may be filed by third parties against a trademark application within a period of two (2) months following its publication. The probabilities of success for an opposition will vary in each case depending on the circumstances.
It is not necessary for a trademark to be in use in Romania in order for it to register. However, it must not go unused for periods of more than five (5) years or it will become vulnerable to cancelation actions for lack of use. The amount of use necessary to avoid this is minimal.
In Romania, registered trademarks have a validity of ten (10) years from the application date. They can then be renewed indefinitely for successive periods of ten years. The trademark renewal may be requested within the three (3) months preceding the expiration date.
If you would like for the figurative or design elements of your trademark to be considered when assessing your trademark for registration in Romania (Trademark Assessment Report), contact us directly in order to determine if we may be able to offer this in this jurisdiction. In such cases, prices for service and estimated delivery times may vary.
In this jurisdiction the existence of previously filed or registered trademarks that may be considered identical or confusingly similar is not cause for refusal of an application. The registration office will not take into account previously filed trademarks when examining an application. However, registration of the trademark may be eventually denied if the application receives a third party opposition by the owner of the previously filed similar trademark.
Due to the fact that once an owner registers his trademark a third party may very well register an identical trademark for identical goods or services, we strongly recommend that upon filing your trademark in this country you also order a Watch Service.
Situations may arise in which trademark owners require their trademarks to be registered quickly. The timeframe to register a trademark may be considerably reduced in this jurisdiction upon payment of an extra fee.
Contact us for more details regarding this possibility.
Trademark protection and recognition in EU member countries can also be acquired by registering for a European Union Trademarks (EUTM) through the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
A registered European Union Trademark (EUTM) grants recognition and protection in all 28 member States of the European Union. The member states of the EU are:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Community trademarks are also recognized in the following territorial dependencies of EU member states:
A registered trademark grants exclusive nationwide use: Registering your trademark grants you protection and the exclusive right to use your trademark in connection to the products and services for which you have registered in a determined country or territory. As a registered trademark owner you can take legal action against anyone who uses your brand without your permission, including counterfeiters.
A registered trademark serves as a deterrent against third parties that would otherwise use identical or confusingly similar trademarks for identical or similar goods or services. In most countries the prior existence of a considerably similar registered trademark is grounds for government offices to refuse a subsequent registration. Furthermore, trademark owners have the right to oppose similar trademarks from being registered.
A registered trademark grants one the right to use the ® Symbol: Upon registration you will be able to use this symbol in order to demonstrate that your trademark has been registered and is enforceable by law. It also serves as notice to competitors that you are serious about protecting your trademark rights. Such right is limited to the countries in which the trademark is registered.
It is illegal and punishable by law to use this symbol if your trademark has not been registered; fines and penalties vary depending on the jurisdiction. The use of the ® symbol in some countries is also obligatory if a trademark has been registered in order to be able to present legal actions or remedies against a third party that uses a trademark without the owner’s consent.
A registered trademark is necessary to enlist help from countries’ Customs Service (Customs and Border Patrol): if a trademark has been registered, actions can be taken in order to request local customs services to prevent the entering or exportation of goods that use an identical or confusingly similar trademark.
Priority for subsequent applications: The first application for a trademark will grant the holder the right to subsequently claim priority when applying for an identical trademark in the vast majority of countries in the world, for a period of 6 months. If priority is claimed inside the period of 6 months from the first application, the subsequent applications will be considered as having been presented on the same date as the application in the first country. This is important in case there are conflicting trademarks that were filed after the first application.
For more information regarding Priority please visit our General FAQs
If you are investing time and money in order to differentiate yourself and your products or services from other traders, make sure that other trademarks that may take advantage of your market placement are not admitted for registration.
The first step to do so is to stay alert. Our Watch Service will have experts continually monitoring newly published trademarks, alerting you if any of them may eventually affect your rights. Being alerted on time will allow you as a trademark owner to decide whether or not opposition actions should be presented.
Our trademark watch services can be ordered on a yearly basis for a specific country, region or even worldwide.
Trademark Watch Alerts will be sent to your email, including information of the conflicting trademark, such as the trademark itself, the class for which it is being registered, the details of the applicant and the deadline to present legal actions intended to stop the trademark from being registered.
Different countries have different requirements and time frames when it comes to trademarks. When working with iGERENT, a trademark consultant will be assigned specifically to you, and will assist you with whatever trademark related services you require. Along with advising you, your consultant will continuously monitor your trademark processes, keeping you up to date with any developments. Regardless of the amount of countries in which you have services being processed, you will be able to monitor any advances through your online account, or by contacting your assigned trademark consultant directly.
Regardless of which country or countries you are ordering trademark services for, all payments will be made through our online portal. Our online portal allows easy and safe payment to be made via PayPal, by major credit cards such as Visa, American Express, MasterCard and Discover, and even Bitcoin. If you like, you may also pay directly via wire transfer* (bank transfer) to our US bank account.
*Clients that pay via wire transfer (bank transfer) are eligible to receive a 5% discount.
Make sure that you are alerted when a conflicting trademark to yours has been published in Romania
Local
First Class
$120
Additional Class
$100
Regional
First Class
$360
Additional Class
$170
Global
First Class
$590
Additional Class
$290
Note: Service will be activated within 72 hours after payment has been cleared. Service is for 365 days.
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