Legal Updates

Rwanda accedes to the Budapest Treaty
September 13, 2023

Rwanda accedes to the Budapest Treaty

On 4 September 2023, Rwanda deposited its instrument of accession to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure - Budapest Notification N...
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Egypt: A new IP office
August 23, 2023

Egypt: A new IP office

The Egyptian authorities have announced the creation of a new IP office, which will be known as the Egyptian Authority for Intellectual Property.* The new authority will centralise IP protection and replace a numbe...
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Zambia: Tax clearance certificate now required for IP assignment recordals
July 24, 2023

Zambia: Tax clearance certificate now required for IP assignment recordals

A new requirement for recording IP assignments In order to record the assignment of an IP right in Zambia it is now necessary to submit a Tax Clearance Certificate issued by the Zambia Revenue Auth...
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Ghana: A new IP office
July 7, 2023

Ghana: A new IP office

The Ghanaian authorities have published an important bill, the Ghana Industrial Property Office Bill, 2023 (the Bill). The Bill The purpose of the Bill is to establish a new IP office, the Ghana I...
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Kenya: Mandatory IP rights recordal
July 4, 2023

Kenya: Mandatory IP rights recordal

We have on a number of occasions drawn IP owners’ attention to the fact that if they do business in Kenya they are required to record their IP rights (IPRs) separately with the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) ...
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