
Highlights from the 6th Session of the ARIPO Protocols Working Group (2017).
Claire Brown from Rouse Africa attended the sixth session of the ARIPO Protocols Working Group in Harare, Zimbabwe on 12 and 13 June. The...

Uganda Signs in New Intellectual Property Law
In August 2013, Uganda passed the Industrial Property Bill. Over a year and a half later, the Bill has become the Industrial Property Act...

Zanzibar signs into law new IP Regulations
Zanzibar (a grouping of islands off the East African coast), as a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, has recently promulgated the Zanzibar...

ARIPO-AC39: Review of Official Fees for ARIPO applications
The 39th Session of the Administrative Council of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) was held in Lusaka, the...

ARIPO-ACS39: Proposed Policy for Accreditation of ARIPO Professional Representatives
The Harare Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs stipulates that the role of patent agents and attorneys includes, but is not...

ARIPO-ACS39: Proposal to amend the Harare Protocol.
The Harare Protocol on Patent and Industrial Designs empowers the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) to grant...

Zambia to Strengthen IP Protection with 5 New Bills
President Edgar Lungu of Zambia at the official opening of the 15th session of the council of Ministers of the African Regional...