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Biography
Paul George Buta heads the firm's Intellectual Property practice and has more than 20 years of experience advising and representing some of the world's leading corporations on complex intellectual property matters and landmark disputes.
His practice spans virtually all areas of intellectual property law, including advisory and litigation work relating to patents, trademarks, designs and copyright. He regularly advises clients operating in highly regulated industries, including media and audiovisual services, pharmaceuticals, information technology, telecommunications, FMCG, banking and finance, automotive, retail, publishing, textiles and chemicals.
Paul is widely recognised for his commercially focused advice and innovative legal solutions. He has been involved in some of the most significant intellectual property disputes before the Romanian courts and is particularly noted for his strategic approach to litigation and negotiations.
Paul holds a PhD in Intellectual Property Law from Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest (2014), and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from the University of London (2014). He is a member of the Board of the Scientific Association for Intellectual Property Law, an Academic Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), and a member of the Romanian Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors.
Year joined firm: 2012
His practice spans virtually all areas of intellectual property law, including advisory and litigation work relating to patents, trademarks, designs and copyright. He regularly advises clients operating in highly regulated industries, including media and audiovisual services, pharmaceuticals, information technology, telecommunications, FMCG, banking and finance, automotive, retail, publishing, textiles and chemicals.
Paul is widely recognised for his commercially focused advice and innovative legal solutions. He has been involved in some of the most significant intellectual property disputes before the Romanian courts and is particularly noted for his strategic approach to litigation and negotiations.
Paul holds a PhD in Intellectual Property Law from Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest (2014), and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from the University of London (2014). He is a member of the Board of the Scientific Association for Intellectual Property Law, an Academic Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), and a member of the Romanian Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors.
Year joined firm: 2012
Recent Matter / Case Highlights
- Advised a leading European telecommunications provider on the protection and enforcement of its Romanian trademark portfolio, including actions against third-party infringements of its well-known trademarks and the Magenta colour trademark.
- Advised a multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company and its Romanian subsidiary in a multi-jurisdictional patent infringement dispute initiated by a well-known patent assertion entity, including preliminary actions and customs intervention measures.
- Advised the operator of the world's leading online retail platform on trademark enforcement matters and the implementation of a complex framework of intellectual property rights transfer agreements.
- Advised one of the world's leading innovative medicines producers on the protection and enforcement of patent and trademark rights, including preliminary injunctions, patent infringement proceedings and representations before Romanian courts and regulatory authorities.
- Advised a global biopharmaceutical company in court proceedings seeking cancellation of a trademark registration considered confusingly similar to an International Non-Proprietary Name (INN) for one of the company's pharmaceutical substances.
Key Practice Areas
- Copyright & Related Rights
- Intellectual Property
- Life Sciences IP
Sector Expertise
- Energy
- Life Sciences
- Media
- Semiconductors
- Telecommunications
Education / Alumni
- PhD (Summa Cum Laude), Intellectual Property Law, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest (2014)
- LL.M. (Merit), Intellectual Property Law, University College London, Queen Mary University of London (2014)
- Postgraduate Diploma, International Business Law (Distinction), University of London (2013)
- Postgraduate Certificate, Commercial and Corporate Law (Distinction), University of London (2013)
- M.A., European Affairs and Programme Management, Faculty of International Relations and European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University (2007)
- LL.B., Nicolae Titulescu University, Faculty of Law (2005)
- B.A., Political Science, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest (2004)
Bar Admissions
- Bucharest Bar (2009)
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Website:https://www.musat.ro/attorneys/paul-buta/
43 Aviatorilor Blvd., Bucharest 011853
Romania
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