Lesotho Now Requires Applicants Using the Madrid System to File Applications in Lesotho, to Also Fil
Lesotho has notified the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) that it requires a Declaration of Intention to Use when Lesotho...
Madrid is here to stay-embrace it! (Part 2)
Following on from Part 1 of the Madrid is here to stay post, part 2 of this series delves into one the questions that clients frequently...
Rouse Africa Attends 40th ARIPO Administrative Council Meeting in Harare Zimbabwe.
Rouse Africa's Gunther Roland and Claire Brown will be in Harare, Zimbabwe to attend the 40th session of the ARIPO Administrative...
Nigeria and Algeria to host Africa's first regional WIPO office
The bid to host the first Africa Regional Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has been won by Nigeria and...
Tunisia Ratifies the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
Tunisia, which was one of the countries that signed the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances when it was adopted on 26 June 2012,...
Marks Designating Botswana under the Madrid System Published
The Registrar of the Botswana Trade Mark Office has commenced the arduous task of publishing the marks filed and designated to Botswana...
Rouse Africa Visits OAPI.
Representatives of Rouse Africa, Maura Canavan and Claire Brown visited the OAPI headquarters office in Yaounde, Cameroon last month....
Sao Tome and Principe accedes to the Berne Convention
Joining a number of other African countries, Sao Tome and Principe also seems to be on the road to revamping its Intellectual Property...
IP Crime Unit in Zambia
At the 10th Session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement held in November 2015. The deputy Commissioner of the Zambia Police...
Burundi Accedes to the Berne Convention and WIPO Copyright Treaty
It appears that the Republic of Burundi is starting to settle back into the normal course of business after the recent political unrest...
