Registration · Trademark registration at OSIM
A trademark registered with OSIM, the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, gives you the exclusive right to your name or logo in Romania for 10 years from filing. We prepare the application, file it online and follow every stage: publication, the 2-month opposition period, examination and the certificate. Our fee is fixed and the same for word, figurative and combined marks.
We file your application with OSIM and follow it to the certificate. A fixed fee, the same for every type of mark.
from1,850 RON + VAT+ official fees (no vat)
Your first consultation is free.
Who it’s for
What’s included
How it works
We settle how the mark is represented, the classes and the list of goods. For a figurative mark we need the logo as a clean file.
We file the application online with OSIM. The filing date is the date protection runs from.
OSIM checks that the application is complete and publishes it in BOPI.
Owners of earlier marks can oppose. We track the deadline and tell you at once if anything comes in.
Typical time: 2 months from publication
OSIM checks the absolute grounds for refusal, such as whether the mark is descriptive. If you get a provisional refusal notice, we propose the response.
Once the registration fee is paid, OSIM issues the certificate. The mark is protected for 10 years from the filing date.
Trademark registration at OSIM
Official fees are paid to OSIM, separately from our fee, and carry no VAT. Unlike our fee, they depend on the type of mark (word, black-and-white figurative or colour figurative) and the number of classes. Current amounts are on the Official fees page.
Trademark registration at OSIM
OSIM can issue a provisional refusal notice if it considers the mark descriptive or lacking distinctive character. It isn't a final decision: you have a deadline to respond with arguments and evidence. With the eBagaje figurative mark, OSIM first refused the application. We proved distinctiveness acquired through more than 13 years of use, and OSIM's Trademark Appeals Board admitted the mark for registration.
Costs
OSIM
from1,850 RON+ VAT
Same fee for every mark type (word, black-and-white or colour figurative). OSIM's official fees are added separately, with no VAT.
+ official fees (no vat). See the fees
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Official fees are paid to the office (OSIM, EUIPO or WIPO), carry no VAT and may change. Your first consultation is free.
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Frequently asked questions
Brand New IP's fee for an OSIM filing is 1,850 lei + VAT with one Nice class included, plus 146 lei + VAT for each extra class. On top of that you pay OSIM's official fees, with no VAT, which depend on the mark type and the number of classes. The first consultation is free, and we use it to work out the full cost for your mark.
Roughly 6 to 8 months from filing, if there are no oppositions or refusal notices. The longest fixed stage is the 2-month opposition period after publication in BOPI. An opposition or a provisional refusal can add a few months. Either way, protection runs from the filing date, provided the mark is registered.
OSIM's official fees do: a colour figurative mark costs more than a word mark or a black-and-white figurative mark, and each extra class adds a fee. Brand New IP's fee is the same for every type of mark: 1,850 lei + VAT with one class included and 146 lei + VAT for each additional class.
It's the letter in which OSIM says the mark can't be accepted as filed, for example because it considers it descriptive or lacking distinctive character. It isn't a final decision: you have a deadline to respond with arguments and evidence, or you can narrow the list of goods. If you filed on your own and received one, send it to us for an assessment.
Not yet. The ® symbol says the mark is registered, so you use it once OSIM has accepted the mark and you hold the certificate. Until then you can use ™ or a note such as "trademark pending". Using ® for an unregistered mark can be treated as a misleading practice.
The first consultation is free. We’ll tell you honestly what can be protected, how and what it costs, before you pay anything.
