Category: international news

Registration of trade mark vs company name: Add...

9 October 2023 It is not uncommon to find a registered trade mark also registered as a company/bu...

Examining the intellectual property provisions ...

It has only been about 10 months since the enactment of the Nigerian Startup Act 2022 (hereinafte...

Improvements in the new Nigerian Copyright Act ...

Nigeria’s former president signed a new copyright bill into law on 17 March 2023. The new Copyrig...

Trade mark reservation in South Sudan

Since its independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has not enacted any intellectual property ...

A brief review of the Madrid International Regi...

When OAPI initially joined the Madrid System in 2015, there was a lot of uncertainty regarding wh...

Burundi: Extension of renewal deadline for trad...

Prior to 2009, all trade marks registered in Burundi were valid for an indefinite period. However...

Update: South Sudan

South Sudan currently does not have any IP laws in place and the Trade Marks Registry has not bee...

Mandatory Recordation Process of trade marks in...

It is no longer news that registration of IPR with the Kenya Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) is ...

Major strides in the inclusivity of Copyright L...

Publish or perish, but what about patent?

Researchers are known to be analytical individuals, driven by passion for their fields of study, ...

Constitutional Court finds sections of the Copy...

Constitutional Court finds sections of the Copyright Act unconstitutional for unfairly discrimina...

Cape Verde Accedes to the Banjul Protocol

Following the decision by the Cape Verdean Parliament to accede to the Lusaka Agreement [1], the ...