Romania trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in Romania, from official sources. Signa does not sync the OSIM register yet. It holds EU trade marks from EUIPO and WIPO Madrid designations that cover Romania.
Search the OSIM register
Registrul online Mărci (online trademark register) is State Office for Inventions and Trademarks's own search tool.
- Account required
- No
- Limits
- Access is gated by a reCAPTCHA check, so the search screens behind it could not be viewed for this file and no official help page describing them was found.
How to search
- Open Registrul online Mărci from the Documentare section of the OSIM home page.
- Complete the reCAPTCHA check ("I'm not a robot").
- Click "Acceseaza registrul de marci" (Access the trademark register) to open the register.
Register a trademark in Romania
What OSIM requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at OSIM; EU trade mark at EUIPO; Madrid designation
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- Yes
- Several classes in one application
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification (12th edition, 2025)
- Application fee
- RON 51 (EUR 10) filing fee; publication RON 152 (EUR 30) black-and-white or RON 508 (EUR 100) colour; examination for one class RON 559 (EUR 110) black-and-white or RON 965 (EUR 190) colour, plus RON 254 (EUR 50) for each additional class and RON 152 (EUR 30) for a figurative element or stylised word mark; registration certificate RON 254 (EUR 50)
- Renewal fee
- For one class RON 610 (EUR 120) black-and-white or RON 1016 (EUR 200) colour, plus RON 254 (EUR 50) for each additional class and RON 152 (EUR 30) for a figurative element; renewal certificate RON 254 (EUR 50)
- Fees as of
- 2026-01-01 (RON)
- Opposition
- 2 months from publication of the acceptance of the application in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin (BOPI), Trademarks section (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the filing date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- An applicant with no domicile, seat or real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the EU or EEA must be represented by an authorised representative, except for filing the application itself.
- Applications are published electronically within 7 days of the filing date; observations on absolute grounds may be filed within 2 months of that publication.
- OSIM's fee schedule lists each fee in both lei and euro (at 1 euro = 5.0811 lei).
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Romania is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 1998-07-28, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
- EU trade mark (EUIPO)
- An EU trade mark has a unitary character and equal effect throughout the European Union, which includes Romania.
What Signa holds for Romania
OSIM records are not covered by Signa yet. EU trade marks from EUIPO, which also protect Romania, are searchable. International registrations designating Romania are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the EUIPO and WIPO records that cover Romania in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=ROSearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover Romania
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=RO" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"Hear when Signa adds the OSIM register
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.
- osim.ro
- WIPO Madrid Member Profiles (wipo.int)
- api.osim.ro/tm-registry
- api.osim.ro/tm-registry/recaptcha/get.htm
- osim.ro/depuneri-online-marci/ghiduri
- osim.ro/images/Taxe/2026/Taxe-PI-01.01.2026-Anexa-4-Marci-OSIM.pdf
- WIPO Madrid Member Profiles (wipo.int)
- wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults
- eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML