Legal Updates
September 19, 2024
Tanzania: A trade mark judgment dealing with well-known marks
On 30 August 2024 the Tanzanian Court of Appeal handed down a trade mark judgment dealing with well-known marks. The case involved two companies, JC Decaux Limited and JP Decaux Tanzania Limited.
The High...
August 20, 2024
Uganda: New Anti-counterfeiting Legislation
Africa is awash with counterfeit goods. The product area that attracts the greatest attention and concern is pharmaceuticals - fake pharmaceuticals account for 30-60% of the African market, and it is estimated that so...
August 16, 2024
Rwanda: New IP Legislation
Rwanda has recently published comprehensive new IP legislation. On 31 July 2024, Law No. 055/2024 of 20 June 2024 on the Protection of Intellectual Property (‘the IP Law’) came into effect. The IP Law signifi...
August 5, 2024
St Kitts & Nevis joins the Hague Agreement governing the International Registration of Industrial Designs
St Kitts & Nevis has joined the Hague Agreement and, on 8 July 2024, deposited its instrument of accession to the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement. St Kitts & Nevis is the 74th Contracting Party to the 1...
June 17, 2024
China and ARIPO - Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
On 6 June 2024, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced the launch of the China-Africa Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) with the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (A...
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