Step number | Step corresponding information |
| step 1 | Prepare your trade mark – make sure your trade mark is a distinctive word, logo, picture or other sign that clearly identifies your goods and services from other traders – check if someone else has already registered or applied to register a similar mark for similar goods or services. – check if someone else is using a similar mark for similar goods or services. – decide what classes of goods or services you require in Nice’s classification list. |
| step 2 | You fill in and file the application form “Application to register a trade mark”. |
| step 3 | The application is published in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property (BOPI) within 7 days. |
| step 4 | There is a period of two months as from the date of publication for anyone else to oppose the registration of your mark. |
| step 5 | We carry out an examination to make sure your application meets certain formal requirements and search through trade marks data bases to assess whether or not your trade mark is distinctive. We will issue a report to you within six months and highlight any objections. |
| step 6 | If no one has opposed your application or you overcome any challenges, we will register your mark and send you a registration certificate. |
| Step | Fees (lei) | Comments | |
| Standard Filling Fees | 10 | ||
| Standard Additionnal class fees | 50 | ||
| Standard Publication/Granting fee | 190 | 50 for Issuance + 30 publication fees and 110 for examination fee for black-and-white trademark | |
Additionnal fees :
- 132 ROL : Publication fee for color trademark
- 441 ROL : Examination fee for for color trademark
Defensive Actions
Opposition
General information
Who can file an opposition against my trade mark?
Any third party may file an opposition against a trade mark.
Can I file an opposition against a someone else’s trade mark?
Yes, provided that the opposition is based on the relative grounds of refusal.
Are there specific deadlines/timeframes which I have to observe in connection with opposition proceedings?
The deadline for applying an opposition is of two months from the trade mark application publication date.
Who will take a decision on the opposition?
The cancellations are judged by the Tribunal Bucharest.
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Cancellation
General information
Who can file a request for the cancellation of my trade mark?
Any third party may request the Office to cancel the trade mark.
Can I file a request for the cancellation of someone else’s trade mark?
Yes, provided the grounds for cancellation are related only to the failure to comply with the registration conditions.
Are there specific deadlines/timeframes which I have to observe in connection with a request for cancellation / cancellation proceedings?
The cancellation request can be submitted on the entire lifetime of the trade mark protection.
Who will take a decision on the cancellation?
The oppositions are judged in the Office by an Examination Board.
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The term of protection of a trade mark registration certificate is 10 years, starting on the date the application is filed. The protection may be renewed at the end of every period of protection of 10 years.