June 2024 By Ana-Maria Baciu, Andrei Cosma and Adela Nuță NOTE: This article was prepared based on the text of the Government Emergency Ordinance as it was presented at the Government meeting on June 28, 20241. At the time of writing this material, the version adopted by the Government had yet to be published…
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June 2024 The ECTA Annual Conference which took place from June 19 to 21, 2024, was another resounding success, with professionals from diverse cultures and professional backgrounds in attendance, including Andreea Bende and Zsófia Halmágyi. In its 42nd edition, the event was structured on the theme “Many Facets of IP,” with a significant emphasis on…
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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 In July 2024, ELSA Bucharest (The European Law Students’ Association Bucharest chapter) will organize one of the flagship activities of the organization, its traditional international summer school. The event is focused on mergers and acquisitions and dedicated to legal knowledge sharing, business-related skills crafting and cultural dip dive: SUMMER ELSA Law School (SELS)…
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June 2024 The debate on “Genetic data protection: Privacy and ethical issues related to the collection, storage, and use of genetic data for medical and research purposes“, organized by Juridice.ro in June 2024, focused on the issue of consent in genetic research – differences and similarities between GDPR data processing consent and informed patient consent…
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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 We are currently looking for a colleague to join our administrative department, part of our Business Services, as Secretary/Executive Assistant ABOUT THE ROLE Performing secretarial tasks regarding filings with courts of law, Trade Register, notaries, external counsels and firms, various state authorities, other institutions Providing administrative support, including registration, distribution and handling of…
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June 2024 The Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) completed in May 2024 the implementation of the Common Tools Integration (CTI) tool, a software package based on blockchain technology. The CTI has been developed to enable national offices in EU Member States to constantly and efficiently update the information available to the general…
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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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