Legal Updates
Jan 25, 2022
Kenya: 2021 Changes to copyright law
(Copyright registration, ring back tunes and provisions regarding ISPs and takedown notices)
Background, the 2019 amendments
General...
Dec 23, 2021
OAPI: Widespread changes to come into effect
In 2019 we announced proposed changes to the OAPI registration system insofar as it relates to trade marks, GIs, patents, utility models and industrial designs.* At that stage there was no indication when the changes ...
Nov 30, 2021
Libya cancels the Decree that allowed for late renewal
In the aftermath of the civil war that overthrew the Gaddafi regime, the filing of renewal applications beyond the statutory 6-month grace period was not an issue. In fact, a 2018 Ministerial Decree formally allowed f...
Oct 26, 2021
ARIPO: A focus on copyright, as well as some filing statistics
The ARIPO regional IP registration system is well established in the areas of patents, utility models, industrial designs, trade marks, traditional knowledge and plant variety protection*. But, as this note shows, the...
Oct 26, 2021
ARIPO - Change is coming
INTRODUCTION
A number of changes to the ARIPO system will come into effect on 1 January 2022. These changes affect the two major ARIPO protocols, namely:
the Harare Protocol that deals...
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