Our Intellectual Property practice group expertly combines the in-depth knowledge more commonly associated with boutique IP firms with the broad resources and expertise available in our business law firm, which the business community requires for complex transactional work or dispute resolution.
We provide the knowledge and skills needed to transform your ideas into valuable assets unencumbered by obstacles. We are firm in our commitment to protecting and defending your ideas, ensuring their success against all odds.
Our expertise in Intellectual Property has been sharpened in over 20 years of hands-on engagements in some of the most challenging projects rolled out on the Romanian market. We complement this with our passion, focus and commitment to hard work to each new project.
With us, clients enjoy a significant advantage: no matter the complexities a project, our team, thanks to its wealth of experience, will likely have delt with similar challenges before or could steadily tackle unexplored areas, instilling confidence in the approach taken for each engagement. This is also feasible thanks to the unique of its kind structure of our IP practice that includes both specialized lawyers and trademark attorneys.
Our work focuses on:
- Brands and trademarks
- Designs
- Trade dress and trade names
- Enforcement and border measures
- Unfair competition
- Trade secrets and know–how
- Copyright and related rights
- Domain names
- IP transactional to include drafting, negotiation, and management of IP rights, respectively software and trademark license agreements, franchise and joint venture agreements, assignment agreements, SaaS agreements, white label agreements etc., as well as due diligence work that precedes such.
Integration, a distinctive trail of our services
We add value through business partnerships with highly regarded technical professionals to propose a coherent approach that benefits our clients. Specifically, in the patent field, we ensure the following comprehensive services:
- prior art searches or assistance in all stages of drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications
- high-quality and cost-effective national validations and translations for granted European patents, (in the absence of a unitary patent system)
- validity and infringement or freedom-to-operate opinions, (primarily in the chemistry and pharmacology fields)
- representation of clients in revocation
Practicality and consistency across the table
We have the resources and capabilities to ensure assistance and representation in relation to:
- prosecution issues: clear, register and manage all your trademarks and designs, copyright and domain names
- monitoring and opposing to conflicting third party applications
- defending your IP rights by taking pre-trial measures and actions, in active litigation or at the border
- negotiations in transactional matters Protecting your business’ interests and helping you avoid or approach litigation in conflicting situations.
Who turns to us?
Our outstanding expertise has made us the go-to choice for prominent iconic brands across a wide range of industries. From retail to luxury goods, fashion to technology, manufacturing to entertainment, and everything in between, our performance is noted.