Julieta represented an important portfolio of international clients with various business lines in Romania and the European Union before the competent IP, as well as before the courts of law (both in civil and criminal proceedings), in complex projects concerning the enforcement of patents and trademarks.
She is part of the Mușat & Asociații team which advises and represents clients in a broad range of IP issues, including the registration and enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, domain names and other IP assets, as well as providing regular audits of existing IP portfolio and recommendations for optimising the portfolio and drafting, reviewing and negotiating IP-related agreements and licenses.
Her expertise covers a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, IT and luxury goods, providing assistance on a wide spectrum of issues including business and technology transfers, promotional and advertising campaigns, unfair competition, misleading advertising and consumer law, in addition to the intellectual property matters.
Advised an international luxury beverages company in relation with the opposition proceedings before the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademark against a national application filed by a reputed local manufacturer of wines for the registration of a trademark consisting in a sign similar with several of the Client’s well-known trademarks.
Assisted and representing one of the most important European producers of equipment and chemicals for pools and swimming facilities, in a complex litigation involving trademark infringements committed by the Client’s former distributor.
Assisted a major streaming platform in Romania in the assessment of its intellectual property, including on the latest legislative developments at the national and EU level applicable to online streaming platforms and the regulatory practice regarding the collective management of remunerations that should be paid by streaming platforms.
Advised one of the major global producers of equipment and networks incorporating innovative technology - the owner of a large portfolio of standard-essential patents (SEP), being involved in negotiations for offer to license its standard-essential patents on FRAND terms - in a complex assessment for the protection of its patents in Romania, in the context of the failed negotiations regarding a license for one of its SEPs.
Assisted a pharmaceutical company in connection with the strategy regarding the annulment of supplementary protection certificate and patent invalidation actions. Representing the Client in both litigations for the annulment of a supplementary protection certificate and of a European patent granted for top medicines.
Assisted and representing a certifications provider in connection with a complex litigation joining trademark cancellation actions, trademark infringement actions, unfair competition practices and contractual aspects filed against and by the Client.
Assisted a worldwide player in aviation sales and acquisitions, in connection with extending the EU protection for its trademark in UK, United Stated and China, with a focus on developing the brand strategy at the international level based on the assessment of the Client’s business activity in order to find the best approach for extending the trademark protection.
Assisted a major pharma company in connection with IP matters, including assessment and building the strategy for observing the protection of patents in the context of the launch in Romania of generic versions of top selling medicines protected by valid patents.