Senior Intellectual Property Counsel
Practice Areas
• Intellectual Property
Contact
e-mail: george.irimescu@baciupartners.ro
Phone: +40-31 437 80 13
Expertise
Licensed as a Trademark, Design and Patent Attorney, George focuses his practice on clearance, registration, maintenance, and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
He provides counseling and representation to global companies and entrepreneurs with business interests in the fashion, IT&C, entertainment and media, and HoReCa industries in relation to trademark enforcement and prosecution matter. Furthermore, his experience encompasses cross-border projects, with substantial exposure to Eurasian and Eastern Europe coverage.
As a member of the Romanian National Chambers of Patent Attorneys, George acted as member of the Judicial Committee until 2023, and currently serves as a member of the Auditing Committee.
George also currently serves as vice-chair of the Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA).
In addition to his technical activity, George dedicated time to sharing insightful overviews on topics of essence for the business environment: he is a frequent contributor to The Romanian Journal of Intellectual Property Law, and an active member of the Scientific Association of Intellectual Property Law.
He also complements his counseling practice, with a rewarding academic practice and, since 2017, he has been a University Assistant at the Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest.
Accolades
Top Trademark Professional, WTR 1000 (Silver Band)
Rising Star, Managing IP, IP Stars
Testimonials
Irimescu excels in opposition and appeal proceedings, and invalidation and revocation actions, and he has a robust presence before the Romanian PTO, EUIPO and WIPO (WTR, 2024)
George offers tailor-made advice that is always pertinent and efficiently delivered. He is technically astute, knowledgeable and a clear communicator. He works exceptionally hard and handles everything with superb professionalism. (WTR, 2023)
Equally acclaimed is oppositions ace George Irimescu, a regular before OSIM, the EUIPO and other trademark offices across Europe. Overseas colleagues call him “responsive and full of advice”. (WTR, 2022)
George-Mihai Irimescu, (…) aces oppositions before OSIM and the EUIPO: “He is highly responsive and has wide knowledge of IP matters – particularly opposition and appeal proceedings, invalidation and revocation actions, and responses to office actions and provisional refusals. His advice is high quality, he pays strong attention to detail and he works proactively.” (WTR, 2021)
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Membership and Affiliations
Romanian National Chambers of Patent Attorneys
INTA (International Trademark Association)
Bucharest College of Legal Counselors
The Romanian Association for Law and
European Affairs
Scientific Association of Intellectual Property Law
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Education
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, LLM
Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, PhD
Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, PhD
Licensed European Trademark and Design Attorney
Licensed Romanian Trademark, Design and Patent
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Languages
Romanian – native speaker
English – business proficiency
French – conversational