Stoica & Asociatii has successfully represented Aqua Carpatica before the Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice in a trademark litigation dispute.
"After a legal battle spanning over seven years, carried out in two procedural cycles, both internally and before European courts, the owners of the trademarks depicting the Aqua Carpatica bottles – Valvis Holding and Carpathian Springs – can enjoy the legal recognition of their registration," Stoica & Asociatii announced. "The HCCJ issued the final judgment, rejecting the trademark annulment action filed by an alleged competitor."
"It was concluded that there was no likelihood of confusion between the previous European trademark of the alleged competitor and the subsequent Aqua Carpatica national trademarks," the firm informed.
"The litigation also had an important European component," Stoica & Asociatii Senior Partner Dragos Bogdan commented. "Both the European Union Intellectual Property Office and European Union courts decided that there was no likelihood of confusion and the customers' European trademarks, identical to those that were the subject of the domestic dispute, were admitted for registration for the entire territory of the European Union."
The Stoica & Asociatii team was led by Founding Partner Valeriu Stoica and included Bogdan and Managing Associate Mihai Stanescu.