March 2026 As artificial intelligence moves from experimental adoption to concrete (be that core, operational or auxiliary) business integration. At this point in time, the conversation has shifted in most of the contexts from theoretical risks to the day-to-day reality of the EU AI Act and the evolving jurisprudence of AI-generated content. There are still…
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February 2026 It gives us a distinct pleasure to share that BACIU PARTNERS together with ELSA Bucharest are organizing the 4th edition of the Moot Court Competition on Intellectual Property Law. The project is dedicated to students in the 3rd and 4th years at law faculties in Bucharest. Participating in this program will give our…
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February 2026 BACIU PARTNERS has been included in the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2026 shortlists, with firm-level nominations across all national categories and individual recognitions for Ana-Maria Baciu and Ileana Nicolescu-Decsei. Shortlisted categories: Romania Firm of the Year: Copyright & Design Romania Firm of the Year: Patent Romania Firm of the Year: Trademark Individual nominations:…
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February 2026 by Marta Datcu The Winter Olympic Games undeniably represent a global celebration of excellence and fair competition, and, with an audience of over two billion viewers worldwide, they naturally become one of the most powerful communication platforms. Behind the spectacle of elite athletes pushing human limits lies a carefully constructed legal and economic…
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January 2026 BACIU PARTNERS has been acknowledged for its “reputation for excellence across the board” and reconfirmed among the leading law firms active in the intellectual property field in the 2026 edition of the World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000, across both chapters researched for Romania: Enforcement & Litigation and Prosecution & Strategy. In its 2026…
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January 2026 We are delighted to share that Ana-Maria Baciu has been included in the IAM Global Leaders 2026 exclusive-list. This is a distinction reserved for the world’s top private-practice patent professionals, selected from the GOLD tier of the IAM Patent 1000 rankings. This recognition confirms Ana-Maria’s standing as an advisor of choice in noteworthy…
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December 2025 by Cristina Stoica and Marta Datcu Romanian version of the materials is available HERE. In a digital ecosystem that evolves at a speed that makes FOMO seem like an outdated concept, influencer marketing has become an industry in itself, characterized by significant economic milestones and an accelerated degree of professionalization. The management of intellectual…
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December 2025 by Marta Datcu International Human Rights Day is one of the moments to pause and reflect on a topic that sits at the heart of our practice: the intricate and evolving relationship between intellectual property (IP) and human rights. The right to intellectual property has long been recognized as a self-standing human right.…
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December 2025 Like Company v Google Ireland Limited marks the first referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling concerning generative AI (GenAI) and copyright. Referred by the Budapest District Court in spring 2025, Case C-250/25 seeks to assess whether Google’s Gemini (LLM-based chatbot) infringed press publishers’ rights…
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November 2025 The Working Group on Intellectual Property (IP) within the Public Ministry, under the auspices of the National Institute of Magistracy (INM), and with the support of several IP-focused business partners, organized a one-day seminar that brought together judges, academics, and IP practitioners. The much-anticipated yearly gathering that took place on 10 November 2025…
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