Foreword
Annual Report OSIM 2025
The year 2025 was a new step in the consolidation of the role entrusted to the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks as unique authority for industrial property protection and support of innovation, creativity and competitiveness of the Romanian economy.
In a context marked by the acceleration of digital transformation, technological dynamics and the need for a knowledge-based economy, OSIM aimed both at modernizing the services delivered to the public and at enhancing its administrative and organizational efficiency, including the communication process digitalization, materialized in the transition, in 2025, to sending notifications and trademark registration certificates electronically, by e-mail.
During the year, OSIM continued to support Romanian inventors, entrepreneurs, academic environment and companies in the process of protecting inventions, trademarks and designs. The number of applications filed for protection in the field of trademarks, industrial designs and patents reflects the constant interest in innovation and in the development of competitive products and services for the domestic and international market. In 2025, 13.756 applications for trademark registration were filed by national route, which represents an increase by 6.01% compared to the previous year.
At the same time, cooperation with national and international industrial property protection organizations continued in 2025. By participating in joint projects, ex-changes of best practices and digitalization initiatives, OSIM reaffirmed its commit- ment to aligning with European and international standards in the field of industrial property.
The results presented in this Annual Report are the expression of the work and dedication of the OSIM team, as well as of the permanent collaboration with all the actors involved in the innovation and industrial property protection ecosystem. We look with responsibility and confidence towards the challenges and opportunities of the future, reaffirming OSIM’s commitment to supporting innovation, competitiveness and sustainable development through a high-performance industrial property system adapted to the needs of the contemporary society.
Finally, I would like to invite you to go through the pages of this report which presents the main developments and results of OSIM activity in 2025.
Marian-Octavian ŞERBĂNESCU,
Director General