Our IP lawyers gained long established fame as being some of the best in Romania. Their area of expertise includes all IP legal aspects and their work is highly appreciated for their deep knowledge of this specialized field, for their effective communication with the competent authorities and courts, as well as for their warm and efficient contact with the clients.
Răzvan Dincă is a professor of intellectual property and civil law with the University of Bucharest and was a visiting professor with the University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, the Worldwide Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the University of Dubrovnik. He was a EU senior expert in intellectual property, head tutor of the biotechnology and intellectual property advanced course of the Worldwide Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization, tutor in intellectual property of the National Institute of Magistrates, as well as exclusive contributor for Romania to the European Copyright Reporter edited by Kluwer Law International. At present, Răzvan is the head reviewer of the biotechnology and intellectual property advanced course of the Worldwide Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization He also coordinates the intellectual property section of the Romanian Private Law Review.
In 2010 and 2012, Best Lawyers selected him for Romania in the area of Intellectual Property. Chambers Europe appointed him as Band 1 Individual Lawyer in Intellectual Property for Romania in every edition from 2007, making him the only lawyer in Romania to have benefitted from such long standing ranking in this field.
From 2013 to present, he was designated as high-ranking expert by WTR 1000. In 2011, the International Law Office awarded him the Individual Client Choice Winner for the section reserved to Intellectual Property in Romania.
In addition, the IAM Patent 1000 directory designated Răzvan as recommended expert from 2013 to present.
⦁ legal assistance and representation in front of the courts of both claimants and defendants in connection with:⦁ legal assistance and representation in front of the courts of both claimants and defendants in connection with:
– intellectual property (copyright, patents, trademarks, industrial design, utility models) infringement claims;
– claim for cancellation of industrial property titles (patents, trademarks, industrial design, utility models);
– litigation regarding unfair competition by confusingly similar trademarks, logos, promotion, packaging and advertising;
– disputes grounded on confidentiality agreements, assignment or licensing contracts;
– claims for defamation by allegations of plagiarism;
– litigation with employees regarding copyright and industrial property rights in works for hire;
⦁ legal assistance and representation in front of the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks in the process of registration of industrial property subject matters: application, registration, opposition, re-examination (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, utility models);
⦁ legal assistance in procedures regarding the invalidity of Community trademarks or designs;
⦁ legal assistance in respect of Internet domain names registration, including domain names in dispute;
⦁ legal assistance and representation in front of courts and arbitral tribunals in connection to contractual IP rights;
⦁ drafting and negotiating:
– assignment and licensing contracts (patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, utility models);
– audiovisual production contracts;
– confidentiality agreements;
– contracts for research;
– labor contracts with employees charged with creating software products, inventions, integrated circuits, other IP subject matter under the work-for-hire regime;
⦁ representation of foreign collective management associations in the negotiation and dispute settlement regarding the remuneration to be collected for the use of the works in Romania;
⦁ legal representation and assistance of users’ associations or collective copyright management associations in the negotiation and dispute settlement regarding the remuneration to be paid between them;
⦁ legal assistance and representation in front of the National Audiovisual Council with respect to the broadcasting of certain TV advertising spots;
⦁ legal assistance and representation in obtaining audiovisual licenses;
⦁ legal assistance and representation in front of administrative authorities and courts in proceedings related to the exercise of intellectual property rights in compliance with competition rules.
⦁ Assisting and representing a software company in obtaining an European patent for an incorporated software;
⦁ Assisting and representing a software company in obtaining an European patent for an incorporated software;
⦁ Representing all meat producers interested in obtaining the registration of ”Salam de Sibiu” as European geographical indication;
⦁ Representing one the most important international medicines producer in patent infringement litigations;
⦁ Representing an important European medicines producers in patent cancellation proceedings;
⦁ Representing the owner of the largest trademark and design portfolio in Romania in national and European proceedings regarding its trademarks and designs;
⦁ Assisting a world leader in tobacco production with respect to its patent protection strategy;
⦁ Assisting a major packaging manufacturer in relation to patent litigations;
⦁ Representing one of the most important Romanian distributors of home appliances in litigations regarding its trademarks;
⦁ Representing the creators of a taxi service software in copyright related litigations;
⦁ Representing an important Romanian construction company in trademark related litigations;
⦁ Advising a major media group on issues related to copyright infringement, data protection and database related rights.
⦁ Representing an international player on the online publicity market in litigations concerning its Romanian trademarks;