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2020: Nigeria’s progress on copyright reform

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic which effectively put much of life on hold, Nigeria enjoyed an extremely productive 2020 with respect to copyright law reforms and court decisions. In January, the World Intellectual Property Office’s (WIPO) Nigeria Office (WNO) was established in Abuja to promote awareness-raising, training, and capacity-building in the field of IP. According to WIPO: &ldquo...

29 de junho de 2021

Inês Monteiro Alves

Opinião RD Congo Patentes África

Three types of patent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo explained

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Industrial Property Law has been in force since 1982. Article 5 stipulates that there are three kinds of patent: ‘invention patents’, which primarily cover inventions that, on the date of filing or of priority of the related application, have not yet been patented; ‘import patents’, which cover inventions for which,...

28 de junho de 2021

Diogo Antunes

Opinião ARIPO OAPI Patentes África

Protecting inventions in Africa

When it comes to patenting inventions in Africa, apart from direct filings in the country of interest using the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, applicants can choose between two regional offices: the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) and/or the African Regional Intellectual Property...

23 de junho de 2021

Marisol Cardoso

Opinião Uganda Registo de Marcas Marcas África

Latest amendments to Uganda’s Trademark Regulations come into effect

Uganda’s trademark regulations have been amended, with 26 changes to provisions in the Trademark Regulations 9/2021. The most significant of these are the implementation of the registration of trademark agents and the introduction of an IP journal and fees for time extensions. The amendments were published in the Uganda Gazette on 5 February 2021 and are now in effect for trademark...

15 de junho de 2021

Miguel Bibe

Opinião Defesa de Direitos de Marcas Defesa de Direitos de Patentes Direito de Autor África Propriedade Industrial

The African Continental Free Trade Area: what’s the role for IP?

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into effect on January 1, 2021 and is the largest trade area in the world by number of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The objectives outlined in article 3 of the treaty include the establishment of a common market for products and services, a regional customs authority, enhancing the compet...

14 de junho de 2021

Vitor Palmela Fidalgo

Press Release Portugal Propriedade Industrial

Inventa International e FNOP celebram protocolo de cooperação

Assinado no passado dia 9 de junho, na Feira Nacional da Agricultura, Domingos dos Santos (Presidente da Federação Nacional das Organizações de Produtores de Frutas e Hortícolas - FNOP) e Luís Caixinhas (em representação pela Inventa International) celebraram um protocolo de cooperação com o objetivo de promover e dinamizar o re...

14 de junho de 2021

Opinião Egito Marcas África

Can gambling and casino trademarks be protected in Egypt?

As a predominantly Muslim country, Egypt prohibits gambling in line with the Qu’ran. However, the practice is not entirely illegal and the country’s trademark legislation reflects this. The Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (82/2002) includes no interdiction on the registration of gambling and casino trademarks. However, Article 67(2) of the law prohibits the r...

8 de junho de 2021

Vera Albino

Opinião Cabo Verde Portugal Patentes Marcas África

Cape Verde: is there a brighter picture for patent rights?

Trademarks have dominated Cape Verde’s IP field at the expense of other rights such as patents and industrial designs for many years. But this scenario could be about to change, says Diana Pereira of Inventa International. As is the case in many countries, trademarks have taken the biggest IP share in Cape Verde ever since the creation of the region’s IP rights legislation. This has...

7 de junho de 2021

Diana Pereira

Press Release Portugal Patentes Aquisição de Domínios Direito de Autor Marcas Lei Propriedade Industrial

É durante uma crise que a inovação tem lugar

Em entrevista à ADVOCATUS by ECO, Inês Monteiro Alves fala sobre a evolução e perspetivas da Inventa International, que este ano celebra o seu 50º aniversário, abordando também a situação atual da propriedade intelectual em Portugal em contexto pós-pandemia. Leia aqui a entrevista completa.

5 de junho de 2021

Press Release Portugal Direito de Autor Lei

Direitos de Autor: A marquise de Cristiano Ronaldo

Em conversa com o Jornal i, João Francisco Sá, Coordenador Jurídico da Inventa International, comentou sobre a possibilidade de Cristiano Ronaldo ter incorrido numa infração de direito autoral aquando da construção de uma marquise no topo do edifício Castilho 203, enquanto proprietário de um apartamento. Relembra ainda que uma obra...

4 de junho de 2021

Opinião ARIPO Patentes Marcas África

ARIPO sets plans to further digitise processes at working group hearing

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) encompasses two major regional protocols: the Banjul Protocol for the protection of trademarks and the Harare Protocol for the protection of designs and patents. Signatories to the Banjul Protocol are Botswana, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone...

1 de junho de 2021

Diogo Antunes

Opinião Gâmbia ARIPO Marcas África

Gambia ratifies the Banjul Protocol

Gambia in West Africa is home to the capital city in which the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation’s (ARIPO) Administrative Council first adopted the Banjul Protocol in 1993. Under ARIPO’s regional system, applicants are required to designate the member states for which their trademark protection is intended. The associated costs of the procedure depend on the number of...

27 de maio de 2021

Inês Tavares

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