THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN TRADE MARK LAW REFORM ON THE ROMANIAN LEGISLATION

Abstract

The Study analyses the necessary changes of the Romanian legislation as a result of the recently adopted and published Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (hereinafter called the Directive 2015/2436) and of the Regulation No 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (hereinafter called the Regulation No 2015/2424).

Keywords

• trade mark law reform
• Directive (EU) 2015/2436
• approximation of national trade mark laws
• Regulation No 2015/2424
• the European Union trade mark.