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Intellectual Property
Leroy și Asociații has a longstanding experience both in consultancy and litigation related to intellectual property.
In the context of an increasingly-connected and technological world, intellectual property becomes an essential tool. Our lawyers assist and represent clients in all proceedings necessary for the registration and protection of their intellectual property rights. Moreover, our lawyers have a thorough understanding of the business challenges related to intellectual property and are perfectly positioned to advise on the development of a strategy for an optimal management of the intellectual property portfolio. Our IP team has a wide perspective on both national and European aspects of intellectual property law, as well as a deep knowledge of the interplay between intellectual property, international private law and the latest technological developments.
Pre-registration, registration and post-registration proceedings
- We assist and represent our clients throughout all registration stages for trademarks, geographical indications, design and models, patents, domain names, copyright, rendering legal services referring to availability researches, registration assistance, legal due diligence and/or IP portfolio management.
IP litigation
- Our lawyers have experience in disputes with respect to the validity or infringement of intellectual property rights, opposition proceedings and appeals against decisions of the national patent office, emergency procedure injunctions and actions to establish title, cancelation for lack of use, counterfeit seizures or unfair competition.
Commercial agreements
- Our intellectual property lawyers assist on drafting and negotiating various agreements relating to intellectual property rights or IP-related contractual clauses of other complex agreements.
Representative highlights:
- Advising a major Romanian mobile telephone operator regarding the protection of its intellectual property rights.
- Advising an international agro-business group on negotiating and drafting trademarks license and transfer agreements in connection with the acquisition of a leading dairy producer in Romania.
- Advising a major Romanian car manufacturer in connection with the implementation of procedures aimed at ensuring the protection of its intellectual property rights.
- Advising a major international truck manufacturer on the registration of its trademarks in Romania.
- Advising a major international DIY company in connection with the registration of its trademarks in Romania and the acquisition of rights over certain national trademarks.
- Advising a Romanian company on drafting and negotiating a patent assignment agreement referring to a cyanide-free gold mining method.
- Advising a renowned French designer on drafting and negotiating a copyright assignment agreement in connection with an haute couture collection.
- Advising a French publishing company before the Bucharest Court of Appeal in connection with a copyright litigation initiated by a Romanian author.
- Advising a leading intellectual property firm assisting the European Commission on obtaining “image right” authorisations under Romanian law in relation to photographs used by the European Commission to illustrate its activities.
- Advising a major French group on a dispute regarding the registration of one of its trademarks in Romania.
Data Protection
Data Protection is a rising practice in our firm, gaining more and more consideration among our clients. In a globalised economy, when technology is developing rapidly, businesses face enhanced challenges in the field of privacy and data management in the context of evolving regulations.
Our team has a significant expertise in advising clients on a whole range of data protection issues, from compliance to operations on data and interactions with the national data protection authority. Our lawyers regularly advise clients on regulatory related matters, draft privacy regulations and data security and confidentiality rules and assist clients in the notification and/or authorization process.
Data protection and privacy rights have recently been subject to a major reform at EU level. Our lawyers have a broad experience in technology and European law, being in a position to handle all data protection issues, particularly in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation, the new issues raised by cloud computing, e-commerce and m-commerce, as well as social media and to monitor the practice of the national data protection authority.
Representative highlights:
- Assisting clients acting in various fields (industrial, manufacturing, retail) in carrying out due diligence on IP & IT matters.
- Assisting a major Turkish food company in relation to negotiationg a copyright assignment agreement and a trademark licence agreement with a company owning copyrights and having filed a trademark application in relation to illustrations of a popular Romanian charater, to the end of using such illustrations on the packaging of one of its products.
- Assisting a client active in the entertainment and education sector, reknown for organizing a notorious festival, in registering its trademarks both in Romania and at the European Union Intellectual Property Office level.
- Assisting a client active in the entertainment and education sector, reknown for organizing a notorious festival, acting both as claimant and as defendant, in opposition procedures against a major US-based corporation, both in front of the Romanian Office for Inventions and Trademarks and in front of the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
- Advising Lactalis, the world’s leading dairy products company, on negotiating and drafting trademark coexistence agreements in connection with its acquisition of a leading dairy producer.
- Advising Lactalis, the world’s leading dairy products company, on negotiating and drafting trademarks license and transfer agreements in connection with its acquisition of a leading dairy producer in Romania.
- Advising a major Romanian car manufacturer in connection with the implementation of procedures aimed at ensuring the protection of its intellectual property rights.
- Advising a major international truck manufacturer on the registration of its trademarks in Romania.
- Advising a major international DIY company in connection with the registration of its trademarks in Romania (including assistance in opposition proceedings before the national office) and the acquisition of rights over certain national trademarks.
- Advising a Romanian company on drafting and negotiating a patent assignment agreement referring to a cyanide-free gold mining method.
- Advising a renowned French designer on drafting and negotiating a copyright assignment agreement in connection with an haute culture collection.
- Advising a major French radio group in front of the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks in the opposition proceedings against a major Russian oil company in order to hinder the registration by the latter company of similar international trademark.
- Assisting a major Swedish food products supplier client in relation to opposition procedures before the Romanian Office for Inventions and Trademarks.
- Assisting a major player in the consumer finance sector in negotiating an agreement for the remote identity verification of users with a leading French provider of remote identification services.
- Assisting an oil and gas fields operator on negotiating an agreement for the development and delivery of software for the management of emissions.
- Assisting our client, a globally-renowned sugar producer, in negotiating an IT transition services agreement in the context of selling its sugar factory and its activity.
