June 2024 Managing IP, a leading intellectual property publication, recently released its 2024 Top 250 Women in IP, a highly prestigious ranking that “recognizes some of the senior female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year.” The 2024 results reflect a research that covered…
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June 2024 BACIU PARTNERS’s Intellectual Property practice was acknowledged as Recommended in the 2024 edition of IAM Patent 1000, in both chapters evaluated for Romania: Patent Litigation and Transaction and Patent Prosecution. The write-up illustrates the expertise and credentials of our team by mentioning that our “integrated approach, comprising both IP consultants and lawyers, ensures holistic…
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June 2024 by Ana-Maria Baciu and Ileana Nicolescu On its first anniversary, the Unitary Patent system also celebrated its first expansion, with Romania depositing its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) on 31 May 2024. This expansion, to become effective as of 1 September 2024, brings the total number…
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June 2024 As part of the WTR series EUROPEAN UNION | Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence, Zsófia Halmágyi authored a piece titled “Probative value of evidence of use: General Court makes detailed analysis in LABCORE case“. The thesis: The Board of Appeal found that the items of evidence adduced by the opponent failed…
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May 2024 Andreea Bende and Zsófia Halmágyi will represent BACIU PARTNERS during the highly anticipated ECTA’s 42nd Annual Conference. Andreea is a member of the Designs Committee within ECTA, currently involved in various Committee’s task forces dedicated to a) following the upcoming Design Reform legislation in the European Union, b) the copyright/design cumulative protection under…
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May 2024 Ana-Maria Baciu has authored an insightful and informative article reflecting her combined expertise in intellectual property and consumer protection. Her passion for these areas of law and her commitment to making the sound of knowledge heard, amplify its consistency and practicality. The state, by means provided by law, protects citizens in their capacity…
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May 2024 During the Gala Juridice.ro, which marked the celebration of 20 years of exceptional initiatives dedicated to the Romanian legal community, BACIU PARTNERS received a distinction for its activity in the Intellectual Property field. On accepting the distinction, Andreea Bende mentioned: It gives me great pleasure to congratulate juridice.ro team on their 20th anniversary.…
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May 2024 Andreea Bende authored a first radiography of the recent changes brough to the relevant legislation. The legal framework on the operations carried out in connection with the destruction of material evidence, when it comes to goods proven to infringe intellectual property rights, has been amended by Law nr. 126/2024 on certain measures to…
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May 2024 Intellectual Property Insights As part of the WTR series EUROPEAN UNION | Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence, Andreea Bende, Partner authored a piece titled “Partial use of trademark in revocation proceedings once again under General Court’s scrutiny“. The thesis: The EUIPO found that the mark ROYAL MILK could be maintained only…
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May 2024 Ana-Maria Baciu, Managing Partner, BACIU PARTNERS: “I have always coordinated atypical teams of lawyers, and now we are stepping up the game: we are committed to making the sound of knowledge be heard loud and clear in all initiatives we are engaged in. My personal commitment is to propose to the business community…
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