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Ranking (trademark) innovation in Africa

The 2020 Global Innovation Index (GII) was released in September. The study was authored by WIPO, Cornell University and INSEAD and focused on innovation financing, against the backdrop of the economic impact of the covid-19 pandemic. This article focuses on how African countries performed, using trademark-related information as an indicator. Africa at a glance The most innovative...

10 de novembro de 2020

João Francisco Sá

Opinião China Internacionalização de Marcas Internacionalização de Patentes Marcas África Ásia Propriedade Industrial

Essential steps for Chinese companies filing trademark applications in Africa

Chinese companies began investing in Africa in the last century, mainly via direct investment. In 2013 President Xi Jinping proposed China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in order to connect Asia with Africa and Europe via the continental belt and maritime road across 65 countries. Its aim is to improve regional integration, increase trade and stimulate economic growth. The initiati...

4 de novembro de 2020

Crystal Zhang

Press Release Portugal Patentes Design Industrial Marcas Europa

Inventa International alerta startups para protegerem invenções antes da Web Summit

Todos os anos, a Web Summit realiza um concurso de pitch, e demonstrações de novos produtos, no qual startups competem pela atenção dos investidores. A Inventa International alerta os empreendedores para não se esquecerem de protegerem as suas invenções antes de as apresentarem publicamente, sob pena de perderem a possibilidade de obter uma patente....

3 de novembro de 2020

Opinião Portugal Patentes Internacionalização de Patentes

Proteção das ideias inovadoras

Como tantos outros, King Camp Gillette é, seguramente, um exemplo de sucesso de um empreendedor que teve uma ideia inovadora. Para conseguir concretizar a sua ideia numa inovação também teve de recorrer a terceiros, concretamente a William Emery Nickerson, engenheiro formado no MIT. Porém, Gillette teve o cuidado de proteger a sua invenção atrav&eac...

29 de outubro de 2020

Luís Caixinhas

Opinião Argélia Marcas África Propriedade Industrial

Proof of use in Algeria

The Algerian Trademark Law 03-06 (2003) states that a trademark registration is valid for 10 years from the application’s filing date and may be renewed for 10-year periods after this. In 2015 the Algerian Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) implemented new rules on renewing trademark registrations, which stated that renewals should be accompanied by proof of use and delivered in the year p...

29 de outubro de 2020

Inês Tavares

Opinião Angola Brasil Moçambique Portugal Patentes Modelos de Utilidade Europa América África

How can Utility Models provide protection to subjects with smaller levels of “inventiveness”?

Vítor Sérgio Moreira, Patent Engineer at Inventa International, provide a case study on utility models in Angola, Brazil, Mozambique and Portugal. Several countries allow protection of subject matters by means of Utility Models, which are generally considered as inventions having a smaller level of inventiveness. Usually, the utility models are examined by the Patent Offices acco...

28 de outubro de 2020

Vítor Sérgio Moreira

Opinião OAPI Registo de Marcas Patentes Marcas África

Amendments to OAPI system will shake up the entire registration process

The African Organisation for Intellectual Property (OAPI) IP system is ruled by the Bangui Agreement, which was amended in 2019. This has resulted in changes to the IP system for French-speaking countries in Africa. The main alterations are to the prosecution and litigation procedures with regard to trademarks, patents and administration. The amendments will come into force after it has been ra...

20 de outubro de 2020

Joana Teixeira

Opinião Portugal Reino Unido Direito de Autor EUIPO Europa

Pela boca morre Banksy: O “Atirador de Flores” não pode ser uma marca

Em 2014, a empresa Pest Control, que gere o património artístico de Banksy, registou o “Atirador de Flores” (“Flower Thrower”), enquanto Marca da União Europeia, identificando uma grande variedade de produtos e serviços, desde tintas, guarda-chuvas, calçado, jogos ou mesmo serviços de arte gráfica, entre muitos outros. No ent...

19 de outubro de 2020

João Francisco Sá

Opinião Marrocos Alojamento Web Marcas África

Is Western Sahara a no-go for trademark protection?

Western Sahara is an Atlantic-coastal desert area of 266,000km2, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. A former Spanish colony, it has been on the the United Nations (UN) list of non-self-governing territories since 1965 along with 17 other territories. ‘Non-self-governing territories’ are defined as "territories whose people have not yet attaine...

13 de outubro de 2020

Vera Albino

Press Release

Inventa International reforça a equipa com dois novos membros

A Inventa International reforçou recentemente a sua equipa com a entrada de Marisol Cardoso, como Consultora de Patentes, e Helga Mota, para a função de Paralegal. Com a contratação de Marisol Cardoso, a Inventa International pretende continuar a assegurar a consultoria especializada na proteção de Patentes aos seus clientes. Possui uma só...

7 de outubro de 2020

Opinião ARIPO OAPI União Europeia Marcas EUIPO África

EUIPO launch of AfrIPI aims to shake up trademark registration in Africa

AfrIPI is the EUIPO’s first IP-focused project that collaborates with African jurisdictions. Expected to last four years, it was launched in February 2020 and the Project Steering Committee’s inaugural meeting was on 7 September 2020. In addition to the European Commission and the EUIPO, the other project partners are the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO),...

7 de outubro de 2020

Júlia Alves Coutinho

Comunicado São Tomé e Príncipe ARIPO Proteção de Variedades Vegetais África

The Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe become party to the Arusha Protocol

The Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe deposited its Instrument of Ratification of the Arusha Protocol on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of July 6, 2015, with the Director General of ARIPO on September 29, 2020. The Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe is the second ARIPO Member State to become party to the Protocol, after Rwanda taking the lead...

2 de outubro de 2020

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