Trademark licensing

Trademark licensing, also known as “leasing” the trademark  in the common language, is a mechanism for transferring trademark rights. Unlike the cession of the trademark, the mechanism by which the owner of a trademark permanently and unlimitedly alienates its rights over the trademark, through licensing the owner retains ownership of the trademark and part of […]

Latest news on copyright law

At European level, the Union has changed its legal framework on copyright through Directive (EU) 2019/790.Consequently, Romania transposes this directive into national law through the New Law 69/2022 and thus amends Law 8/1996 on copyright and related rights. Among other changes, directly affected by the obligations provided by law are the platforms on which online […]

NFTs and Intellectual Property Rights

The term “non-fungible token“, or “NFT” in a more accessible language, refers to a certain category of digital goods whose existence is strictly related to blockchain platforms. What’s so special about this type of goods? The digital form : NFTs are a category of goods that do not enjoy a tangible existence, they “exist” only […]