Intellectual Property · OSIM · EUIPO

Anti-Counterfeiting & IP Enforcement

Practical action against unauthorised use of trade marks, designs and protected brand assets

We assist rights holders in developing proportionate enforcement strategies against counterfeit products, unauthorised use of registered marks and designs, misleading commercial presentation and other forms of brand appropriation. The objective is to move from evidence to an enforceable position without losing sight of cost, speed and commercial impact.

Enforcement work

  • Preliminary legal assessment of suspected infringement.
  • Evidence preservation and organisation of publicly available proof.
  • Cease-and-desist notices and formal notices to infringers or commercial partners.
  • Platform, marketplace and intermediary complaints where a valid IP right supports the request.
  • Coordination of Romanian trade mark and design enforcement with parallel EU rights.
  • Support for negotiated undertakings, withdrawal of infringing material and settlement.

Registered-right strategy

  • Enforcement is stronger when the right relied upon is correctly registered for the relevant goods or services. Before action, we review the registration, proprietor, territory, classes, renewal status and, where relevant, vulnerability to non-use attacks.

Counterfeit programmes

  • For businesses facing repeated infringement, we can structure a repeatable enforcement workflow: monitoring, evidence capture, escalation thresholds, standard notice templates, decision criteria and reporting.

OSIM / EUIPO relevance

  • An enforcement strategy may require parallel administrative work, including oppositions against copycat applications, cancellation actions, renewals, ownership corrections or new filings designed to close gaps identified during enforcement.

Indicative professional fees

ServiceIndicative fee
Initial infringement assessmentfrom EUR 300 + VAT
Formal cease-and-desist / amicable noticefrom EUR 375 + VAT
Evidence review and enforcement filefrom EUR 450 + VAT
Platform / marketplace enforcement packagefrom EUR 450 + VAT
Multi-target anti-counterfeiting campaignfrom EUR 1,500 + VAT
Complex enforcement strategyEUR 95/hour + VAT

Indicative professional fees only. VAT and official OSIM/EUIPO fees are not included unless expressly stated. Final fees depend on the number of rights, classes, territories, procedural history, volume of evidence and complexity. A written quotation can be provided before work begins.

Discuss the scope before filing or taking action

We can first identify the right, territory, procedural route and expected cost, then confirm the work to be undertaken before any filing or contentious step.

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