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Use OSIM’s distinction between the records

OSIM says an accepted company name can still fail trademark requirements—for example, because it is generic or conflicts with earlier rights. Its FAQ treats website names separately. Locate the actual trademark application or registration, its owner, sign, goods/services and current status.

OSIM registration gives national protection. The office identifies national, international and EU search resources and recommends checking earlier rights; a Romanian title or search does not establish U.S. availability.

Sources: Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM): A.12–18: company name, domain and search; F.1: national territory; rights holder record

Check what the operating company can actually grant

In the fictional example, the founder personally holds the domain while the operating company negotiates American brand rights. Founder control does not establish that the company owns every asset. Check any actual mark and the assignment or permission needed for the company’s proposed grant.

Use the shared trademark guide for the American search question. Do not promise exclusivity from the company-name or domain receipt alone.

Sources: Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM): A.12–18: company name, domain and search; F.1: national territory; rights holder record

Scope

  • The Romanian FAQ was interpreted with AI assistance; the latest consolidated-law text was unavailable. No current deadline, tariff, definitive international procedure, live search, assignment or licence is approved here.

Next step

Establish the actual mark owner and your company’s authority to grant the proposed rights before promising exclusivity.

Sources & review notes

The source records distinguish access dates from substantive review dates. Updating an explanation does not itself recheck the law.

OSIM frequently asked questions: trademarks and geographical indications

Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM)

Passage, dates and research notes

official-guidance · A.12–18: company name, domain and search; F.1: national territory; rights holder record

Înregistrarea unei mărci la OSIM oferă protecţie doar la nivel naţional.

Accessed: 2026-11-13T00:59:11.577510+00:00 · Meaning reviewed: 2026-11-13T01:11:25.461559+00:00 · Next review target: 2026-12-13

Actual country-office FAQ read for the named basic-right and territory issues. The page distinguishes company-register acceptance from trademark registrability and identifies national, Madrid and EU search resources. Detailed filing deadlines, tariffs and conflicting international-procedure wording are not used. Latest consolidated trademark-law route returned 502; this guide is limited to the directly readable agency explanation. Romanian interpreted with AI assistance.

Detailed rule records (1)
Romanian brands: separate the company name, domain and trademark before the U.S. licence Depends on the facts

OSIM’s FAQ explains that accepting a company name at the Trade Register does not establish trademark registrability, and a domain name is a separate fact. Identify the actual mark, owner, covered goods/services and national territorial scope before treating the brand as a right available for a U.S. licence.

When to check: Before relying on the named invoice, export, filing or transfer arrangement. Source review: 2026-11-13.

OSIM frequently asked questions: trademarks and geographical indications
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