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Trade Mark Information
Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania) and Zanzibar have joined to form the United Republic of Tanzania. However, a unified Industrial Property Law has not been enacted in this territory and therefore separate applications are required for Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
International and Regional Arrangements:
- Madrid Agreement: No
- Paris Union: Yes
Types of Trade Marks:
- Goods and services
- Series marks
Classification:
The International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) is applied.
Filing Requirements:
- Particulars of Applicant (name, address and nationality)
- Simply signed Power of Attorney
- Representation of the mark
- List of goods and / or services
- Certified copy of the priority document
Duration: The trade mark is registered 7 years from the filing date
Renewal: Renewable every 10 years
General Information
- Area: Approximately 947 000 km2
- Population: 41.9 million
- Capital: Dodoma (largest city Dar es Salaam)
- Currency: Tanzanian Shilling
- GDP: $ 62.2 billion (2010)
- Domain name extension: .tz
- Languages: Swahili, English (official languages)
- Exports: Raw cotton; cashew nuts; gold; coffee
- Imports: Industrial raw materials; construction materials; consumer goods; transport equipment; crude oil
International / Regional Conventions:
- Banjul Protocol (of ARIPO)
- Berne Convention
- Nice Agreement on Classification of Marks
- Paris Convention
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- WIPO Convention
- WTO/TRIPS