We assist companies in selecting, preparing, filing and prosecuting intellectual property applications before the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The work is not limited to filing: we review registrability, define the scope of protection, anticipate objections and structure portfolios so that the resulting rights remain commercially useful.
When this service is useful
- Launching a new company, product, service, collection or sub-brand.
- Expanding a Romanian brand into the European Union.
- Protecting a new logo, packaging configuration, product appearance or other design.
- Consolidating fragmented rights held by different companies within the same group.
- Reviewing an existing portfolio before investment, licensing, financing or market expansion.
Trademark registration work
- Preliminary registrability assessment and identification of potentially weak, descriptive or misleading elements.
- Selection and drafting of goods and services under the Nice Classification.
- Filing and representation before OSIM for Romanian national marks.
- Filing and representation before EUIPO for European Union trade marks.
- Management of formal deficiencies, observations, provisional refusals and office correspondence.
- Portfolio structuring for word marks, figurative marks, position marks, pattern marks, sound marks and three-dimensional marks where appropriate.
Design registration work
- Assessment of whether the commercial value lies in the appearance of the product rather than in its name.
- Preparation of a filing strategy for Romanian designs at OSIM or EU designs at EUIPO.
- Review of representations, views and product indications before filing.
- Multiple-design filing strategies for product families and collections.
- Coordination between design protection, copyright and three-dimensional trade mark protection.
How we approach the filing
- We begin with the commercial objective, not with the form. The same product may require a word mark, a logo mark, a registered design and, in selected cases, a three-dimensional mark. The filing strategy is built around the territory, expected life of the product, enforcement needs and future licensing or transfer plans.
Indicative professional fees
| Service | Indicative fee |
|---|---|
| Initial IP filing strategy review | from EUR 250 + VAT |
| Romanian trade mark filing – professional fee | from EUR 290 + VAT, plus OSIM official fees |
| EU trade mark filing – professional fee | from EUR 390 + VAT, plus EUIPO official fees |
| Romanian design filing – professional fee | from EUR 350 + VAT, plus OSIM official fees |
| EU design filing – professional fee | from EUR 450 + VAT, plus EUIPO official fees |
| Complex portfolio / multi-class filing strategy | from EUR 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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