Publications
World Trademark Review: Romania Anti-Counterfeiting 2009
Customs proceedings and customs actions have become relatively effective means of blocking counterfeit products from entering the Romanian market because the customs authorities have started to take a very proactive role in enforcing IP rights at the national borders. ...
World Trademark Review: Euro millions
A boom in advertising over the past 10 years is reflected in the development of related legislation. However, there is limited case law from the courts in this field...
World Trademark Review: Key component
The EU courts have wrestled with the likelihood of confusion test for pharmaceutical marks over the years, often coming to seemingly conflicting conclusions...
World Trademark Review: Industry awards 2009
Even though the traditional view that trademarks can consist only of visual signs lingers in Romania, shapes, sounds and colour combinations may be registered as trademarks...
World Trademark Review: Storm warning
The debate surrounding the conflict between trademarks and trade names is not new in Romania. However, case law is developing, with certain courts finding that a trade name which infringes an earlier registered mark must be amended...
World Trademark Review: The dilution question
While Romania has a longstanding tradition of protecting trademark rights, issues relating to its accession to the European Union make the development of strategies tricky...
World Trademark Review: Elastic brand
Keyword advertising, gripe sites and phishing can all infringe IP rights. Such activities generally trigger liability under unfair competition law in Romania and require detailed enforcement strategies...
Romania: Labour and Employment
The main framework governing labour relations consists of the Romanian Constitution (articles 41 and 42 specifically concern labour), the Labour Code and collective bargaining agreements (at national, activity-field and company level)...
ITMA 75th Anniversary Supplement 2009
A special publication to mark the 75th anniversary of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and proposed changes to the Romanian law on trademarks by Dragos Vilau and Ionut Lupsa...
Financier Worldwide: Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring
Debt restructuring is a process that allows a private or public company facing cash flow problems and financial distress to reduce and renegotiate its delinquent debts in order to improve or restore liquidity and rehabilitate so that it can continue its operations...
Director`s Duties and Liabilities
Directors, members of the management board and supervisory board members must have full legal capacity, which means that they must be at least 18 years old...
Corporate INTL: GED acquires 60% stake in Total EuroBusiness
GED, a Spain-based private equity firm has acquired a 60% stake in SC Total EuroBusiness SA (TEB), a Romania-based provider of services in areas of cogeneration projects, for 6$ million via a capital increase...
Corporate INTL: Oil & Gas in Romania
The Romanian natural gas and energy sectors have undergone significant changes in recent years, involving the privatisations of certain main operators and the implementation of EU guidelines designed to harmonise the Romanian legal and....
Business Review: Management U-Turn
Romanian companies have started to re-shuffle management and bring in turnaround leaders to fix what has been done wrong, making of the crisis an opportunity for local managers to learn from their past mistakes...
Corporate INTL: Expand your horizons
Vilau & Mitel one of the leading law firms in Romania has advised Raiffeisen Bank, Raiffeisen Bausparkasse and Bausparkasse Schwabisch Hall on the successful acquisition of HVB Banca pentru Locuinte from...
ACQ: The sands are shifting in the UK private equity landscape
Gi Group, Italy`s leading human resource company has the acquired the majority stake in recruiter Barnett McCall Recruitment. The move is part of...
ACQ: Wake-up call for UK organisations
GED, a spanish PE firm, acquired a 60% stake in Total Eurobusiness (TEB), Romania`s leading cogeneration company by investing about USD 9m in capital...
ACQ: EU M&A value on the up
Due to UK banking industry bailouts & fundraising in Q1. GED, a mid-market buyout house specialising in South-Eastern Europe, has invested 12m to support the buyout of Romanian medical distributor Diamedix..
Romania: Public Procurement
In addition to the EU Procurement Directives (including the GPA as integrated in these Directives), Romanian legislation also regulates the award of procurement contracts below the threshold value set out in the EU Directives and contains basic regulations for the award of services concessions.