OUR SERVICES

• PATENTS

  National patents

   

  • Drafting, filing and prosecution of patent applications with the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (SOIT), including appeals and revocation against granted patents.

  PCT applications

  • Drafting, filing and prosecution of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

  European Patents

  • Drafting, filing and prosecution of European patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO), developing a post-grant strategy and handling the validation phase.
  

  • Drafting and filing of oppositions against granted European patents, including representation before the EPO in opposition and appeal proceedings.

  • Validation of European patents in Romania.
  

  Supplementary Protection Certificates

  • Filing and prosecution before the SOIT of Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC’s) for medicaments and plant protection products.

  Patent searches

  • Various types of patent searches in national and international databases.
  
  • Patentability searches.
  
  • Invalidity searches and opinions.
  
  • Freedom-to-operate searches and opinions for pharmaceutical companies.

  Portfolio management

  • Developing international patenting strategies for R&D companies.
  
  • Patent watch, patent expiry services.
  
  • Patent renewals.

  Regulatory Services for Pharmaceutical Companies

  • Assistance in IP related matters with respect to regulatory affairs (including representation before the National Medicine Agency).

• UTILITY MODELS

  • Drafting, filing and prosecution of utility model applications with the SOIT.
  
  • Drafting and filing nullity actions against registered utility models.
  
  

• TRADEMARKS

  • Selecting or creating an appropriate trademark to meet the marketing needs of the client’s business.
  
  • Trademark availability search, filing and prosecution.
  
  • Representation and assistance in registering a national trademark with the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (SOIT)
  
  • Representation and assistance in registering a national trademark with the relevant offices in Bulgaria, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Montenegro, Poland.
  
  • Representation and assistance in registering an EU trademark (community trademark) with the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM).
  
  • Representation and assistance in registering an international trademark with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
  
  • Trademark watch and opposition to the registration of identical or similar national, international or EU trademarks.
  
  • International / EU filing strategies.
  
  • Portfolio management and payment of renewals.

• DOMAIN NAMES

  • Registration of generic top-level and country level domain names.
  
  • Recovering domain names.
  
  • Resolving disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures or litigation.
  
  • Portfolio management.

• INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

  • Design search.
  
  • Preparation, filing and prosecution of design applications, including EU Design.
  
  • Portfolio management and payment of renewals.
  
  • Design watch.

• COPYRIGHTS

  • Advising on copyright protection and registration.
  
  • Advising on copyright infringement and litigation strategy.

• IP LICENSING AND AGREEMENTS

  • Negotiating, drafting, reviewing assignment and licensing agreements of IP rights.

• LITIGATION

  • Preparation of cease and desist letters and warning notices.
  
  • Evaluation of IP infringement allegations and providing legal opinions.
  
  • Litigation of IP disputes (i.e., patent infringement, patent invalidity, trademark infringement, trademark cancellation, nullity actions against Supplementary Protection Certificates for medicaments, etc.).
  
  • Settlement of IP disputes, assistance in negotiation / mediation, drafting settlement agreements.