Loss of Rights - Design

The exclusive right of exploitation deriving from the industrial design registration shall cease in the following situations:

a) at the expiry of the period of validity; b) by the cancellation of the certificate of registration ( The certificate of registration of the industrial design, issued by OSIM, may be canceled, wholly or in part, at the request of an interested person, when it has been ascertained that the conditions for the grant of the protection were not fulfilled at the date of filing the application. Cancellation may be requested during the entire period of validity of the certificate of registration and shall be judged by the Municipal Law Court of Bucharest. The cancellation decision shall be filed with OSIM and shall be published within two months starting on the date of filing the same ) c) by the loss of the owner's rights ( Failure to pay the maintenance fees shall entail the loss of the owner's rights; In case of loss of the owner's rights, the owner may request OSIM to revalidate the certificate of registration for justified reasons, within six months starting on the date when the loss of rights occurred); d) by the renunciation by the owner of the certificate of registration.