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2. The National Office for Inventions and Trademarks is responsible for managing trademark affairs, and the official language is Romanian.
3. The trademark registration in Romania adopts the principle of "application first".
4. Romania adopts the Nice classification and accepts multiple types of applications. The elements that can be registered as trademarks include: text, letters, numbers, graphics, three-dimensional identifiers, color combinations, etc.
Romania is a party to international intellectual property treaties such as the Paris Convention, Nairobi Treaty, Nice Agreement, WIPO Convention, and Vienna Agreement. It is also a member of the European Union and the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol. Therefore, trademark registration in Romania can be processed through "single country registration", "EU registration", or "Madrid International Registration".
The validity period is 10 years from the date of application; Renewal can be processed within 3 months before the expiration date, with a grace period of 6 months (with additional fees) and a validity period of 10 years.
1. The applicant's name and address;
2. Goods or services;
3. Trademark design;
4. Power of attorney;
5. If priority rights need to be submitted, priority proof documents and corresponding Romanian language translations must be provided;
After the application is submitted, the Trademark Office conducts a legality review of the submitted application documents, trademark designs, power of attorney, and other related documents; Those who meet the requirements will be granted the application date and application number. (It will take approximately 3-4 months)
Review whether the trademark has the ability to be registered and whether it violates the prohibited clauses of the Trademark Law according to the law. For trademarks that fail substantive examination, the examiner will notify the applicant in writing and inform them of the reasons for rejection. The applicant may submit a re examination within the time limit from the date of receiving the rejection notice. Otherwise, the application will be deemed abandoned, and the application date and number will not be retained.;
After the trademark is reviewed, the applicant will be informed that the trademark application has been accepted and published in the trademark announcement. Anyone can raise objections within the 3-month announcement period, stating their reasons and submitting relevant evidence.
Trademarks that have been ruled to be eligible for registration after opposition, or trademarks that have been published without opposition, will be granted registration and a registration certificate will be issued. The entire smooth application process (if there are no rejections, objections, etc.) will take approximately 12-20 months.
