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African database searches uncover small rise in corona or covid-related marks

It is common to see a peak in trademark applications that contain terms associated with a recent event and the covid-19 outbreak is no exception. This article reveals the number of trademarks that have been applied for containing the term ‘corona’ or ‘covid’ in the following African organisations, countries and regions: the African Intellectual Property Organisation, the Af...

25 de agosto de 2020

Diogo Antunes

Opinião ARIPO OAPI Marcas África

Protection and use of Certification Trademarks in Africa

Inês Tavares outlines how various African jurisdictions define and implement Certification Trademarks. Certification trademarks have a specific purpose aside from protecting the mark. Certification trademarks are trademarks that have the capability of distinguishing goods or services certified by the proprietor of the mark in what concerns the mode or the material of the manufacture...

24 de agosto de 2020

Inês Tavares

Opinião ARIPO União Europeia África Propriedade Industrial

Pause for thought - Misconceptions of IP in Africa

While businesses are exposed to significant challenges in Africa, Daniel Reis Nobre and Inês Monteiro Alves untangle IP misconceptions surrounding the continent. There are multiple misconceptions about different topics in Africa and IP is no exception, naturally. The answer is always education, of course. Lack of information and knowledge can easily lead to false understandings...

21 de agosto de 2020

Inês Monteiro Alves

Opinião Serra Leoa Registo de Marcas Marcas África

Confusion remains over the not-so-young Trademarks Act of Sierra Leone

Until mid-2020 there were no regulations drafted on the implementation of the Sierra Leone Trademarks Act 2014, nor was the date of its entry into force defined in the act that was published in the Sierra Leone Gazette (vol CXLV 53 (9 October 2014)). Although the Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (ie, the Sierra Leone Registry) informally announced in September 2018 th...

18 de agosto de 2020

Júlia Alves Coutinho

Press Release Portugal Patentes Internacionalização de Patentes Propriedade Industrial

Inventa International marcou presença no programa Bom Dia Portugal, da RTP

Vítor Sérgio Moreira, Engenheiro de Patentes na Inventa International foi um dos convidados do programa "Bom Dia Portugal" da RTP, onde falou sobre o "Barómetro Inventa 2020 - Patentes Made in Portugal", uma compilação de estatísticas e indicadores relacionados com a evolução da atividade no que diz respeito à prote...

16 de agosto de 2020

Opinião China Patentes Internacionalização de Patentes África Ásia

Patent Applications in the African Continent having Origin in China

Background In recent years, the investment from Chinese companies has increased substantially. Chinese companies operating in Africa have contributed to the development of certain industries in different countries on African continent*. The fact that there is a growing investment by Chinese companies in African jurisdictions may result in a greater concern by these investors to protect their in...

13 de agosto de 2020

Vítor Sérgio Moreira

Opinião Etiópia Registo de Marcas Marcas África

Ethiopia’s online trademark system brought to a halt by internet shutdown

Following national protests relating to the fatal shooting of singer Hachalu Hundessa on 29 June, Internet access was cut across Ethiopia the next day. Hachalu was an activist and important figure in the Oromo community. Up until the cut, content showing protesters in the capital and across the Oromia region could be seen on social media. The Ethiopian government is led by Prime Minister Abiy A...

12 de agosto de 2020

João Pereira Cabral

Press Release Portugal Patentes Internacionalização de Patentes

Barómetro Inventa 2020 - Patentes Made in Portugal

A Inventa International preparou uma compilação de estatísticas e indicadores relacionados com a evolução da atividade no que diz respeito à proteção por patentes para invenções com origem em Portugal. Realizado por Vítor Sérgio Moreira e Diogo Antunes, procurou-se medir a evolução do uso do si...

11 de agosto de 2020

Comunicado Botsuana Registo de Marcas Design Industrial Marcas África Propriedade Industrial

CIPA closes due to country lockdown

After COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Botswana, the government decreed a new lockdown, since July, 31. Therefore, the Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) IP Division is closed and will not receive any electronic filings and payments for all patents, trademarks, industrial designs and all other IP applications, until further notice. - Previous applications: This procedure also applies to a...

7 de agosto de 2020

Opinião Moçambique Registo de Marcas Vigilância de Marcas Marcas África

Registering defensive trademarks in Mozambique

The Industrial Property Law of Mozambique (31 December 2015) established the requirement to submit a declaration of intention to use (DIU) for trademarks. Unlike other Lusophone jurisdictions (eg, Portugal or Angola), where use of a mark is mandatory for the goods and/or services identified, the DIU system maintains the exclusive rights to a mark regardless of whether it is being used in the terri...

4 de agosto de 2020

Miguel Bibe

Press Release Portugal Propriedade Industrial

Inventa International na editors Talk do Jornal Económico

No âmbito da JE editors Talks, organizado semanalmente pelo Jornal Económico, a Inventa International esteve presente no especial "Patentes e Propriedade Industrial" que decorreu a 30 de Julho. Uma conversa que contou com a participação de Vítor Palmela Fidalgo, Diretor Jurídico da Inventa International, e Ana Morato, Diretora Geral da Cla...

31 de julho de 2020

Opinião Zâmbia Marcas Lei África

The absence of service marks protection: a roadbump in the history of Zambian IP law

Although the use of trademarks, as a means to distinguish the goods of merchants and manufacturers, dates back to antiquity, the emergence of service marks is significantly more recent. For instance, while the expression ‘trademark’, understood as a ‘goods mark’ is present in the original text of the Paris Convention 1883, the first occurrence of the expression ‘se...

28 de julho de 2020

Vera Albino

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