Enforcement and litigation

Romania has experienced rapid growth in IPrights litigation over the past 10 to 15 years,with a particular focus on trademarks, patentsand copyright (in 1995 there were only around20 to 30 trademark cases in total). The trendcontinued after Romania joined the EuropeanUnion in 2007, and there are an increasingnumber of cases in which Communitytrademark rights are at stake.