INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW IN THE EU MEMBER STATES.

THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO DISCUSS THE KEY ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WAS ALSO A NECESSITY ARISING FROM THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (TFEU). TAKING LEGAL ACTION IN ONE OR MORE EU COUNTRIES TO ENFORCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS A CHALLENGE. THE ADOPTION OF THE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS WAS INTENDED TO STOP THE CONSIDERABLE DISCREPANCIES IN NATIONAL LAWS THAT CAUSED UNCERTAINTY AND A DIFFERENCE IN THE APPLICATION OF THIS INSTITUTION BETWEEN EU MEMBER STATES. THE PRESENT PAPER FITS SUCCINCTLY INTO PANEL VIII - PRIVATE LAW AND PUBLIC LAW REGULATIONS AS GUARANTEES OF THE PROTECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN ROMANIA, PRECISELY BECAUSE THE INSTITUTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS IN ITSELF AN INSTRUMENT TO GUARANTEE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN INTELLECTUAL CREATION. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]