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Zambia finally promulgates a new Trade Marks Act

12 February 2024 The Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA), which is a statutory body...

Libyan Trade Marks Office issues new regulation...

Despite continuing conflict in Libya, the government is finally taking some steps to ensure prope...

Export of intellectual property assets by South...

11 December 2023 A common theme when dealing with transactional intellectual property (“IP”) matt...

Kenya: Look no further than the Copyright Act t...

7 December 2023 While a 3D trade mark registration of labels and/or packaging used in relation to...

Shoprite Checkers vs Pick n Pay: A whole herd o...

18 November 2023 Typically, in the context of fast moving consumer goods, passing-off judgements ...

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...