ZRVP Wins Romania Patent Firm of the Year at Managing IP Awards 2026

ZRVP has been named 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 at the Managing IP Awards 2026, announced on May 1 in London.

This marks our second win in this category, after 2024, and follows earlier recognition at the same awards in 2019.

The firm was shortlisted in four categories this year, including both Patent and Trademark, as well as two individual nominations:

• Practitioner of the Year — Alina Tugearu
• Rising Star of the Year — Teodora Nitu

Alina Tugearu, Partner and Head of IP, commented:

“𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦—𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥, 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑-𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐼𝑃 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒.”

ZRVP’s IP practice has built its reputation on contentious work, with a strong focus on patent litigation, particularly for clients in pharma, energy, and other regulated sectors. The team also advises on trademark and design disputes, copyright matters, and domain name conflicts, alongside portfolio strategy and out-of-court settlements.

We act for clients across industries including healthcare, construction, energy, financial services, retail, cosmetics, media, and telecom, combining Romanian and EU law expertise in matters where the stakes are often business-critical.

Recognition from directories such as IAM Patent 1000, Managing IP, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 EMEA and World Trademark Review continues to reflect the consistency of this work.