
INTA Update: Breakfast Discussion on Hot Topics in Africa
Barcelona 2017: Maura Canavan of Rouse Africa moderated an interesting and lively discussion on hot IP topics in Africa yesterday...

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...

New countries posed to join ARIPO for trade marks
Mozambique and Zambia are expected to accede to the Banjul Protocol, the international treaty making provision for the registration of...

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...

ARIPO-ACS39: The Proposed Road Map for the Arusha Protocol on the Protection of New Plant Varieties
On July 6 2015 a new protocol for the protection of new varieties of plants was adopted at an ARIPO Diplomatic conference in Arusha,...

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...

The 39th Session of the Administrative Council of ARIPO
On 16 to 18 November 2015 ARIPO held its 39th session of the Administrative Council in Lusaka, Zambia. The session was subsequently...

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...