Raluca Vasilescu

Partner,
 

Qualifications 

Romanian Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney 

Languages: Romanian, English, French, Spanish and she also understands German and Italian [Official Sworn translator for English and French]

Career History

Raluca (BS in Architecture and Engineering Bucharest 1992, Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies (Rouen University in France, 1993) Canadian Master in Business Administration, Bucharest 1997) is with the firm since the beginning in 1995.  She become a registered trademark attorney in 1996 and a registered patent attorney in 1999. In 1999 and 2000, she has attended the EURO-SEAD Course on Patent Drafting organized by Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Proprieté Industrielle (FICPI) in Ottrot-Le-Haut (France). Seven years later, in 2007, she was designated by the European Patent Institute (EPI) to be a tutor for the local patent attorneys for the changes in the European Patent Convention (EPC2000). Raluca is European Patent Attorney since 2003 and European Trademark Attorney since 2007.
 

Areas of Expertise

She works predominantly on prosecution and enforcement of patents in the fields of mechanics, electrical engineering and internet. In trademark and design field, Raluca, although skilled in all the procedures, works in particular on contentious matters pertaining to trademarks and designs, at both the national level and before OHIM. Raluca currently coordinates all the patent,  trademark and designs procedures in foreign jurisdictions.

Membership

Romanian Industrial Property Attorneys Association; Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Proprieté Industrielle (FICPI); International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) - vice-president of the National Group since January 2009; International Trade Mark Association (INTA); European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)- member of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee since 2007 and member of the ECTA Council for 2008-2010. In the Institute of Professional Representatives before European Patent Office (EPI), she is a supplement member in the Council since 2008.

Direct e-mail: raluca at oproiu dot ro