Legal Updates
March 13, 2025
Libya: Suspension of new applications
The Libyan Trade Marks Office has suspended the acceptance of new applications during the period 5 March 2025 to 10 April 2025, in order to focus on processing the backlog of pending applications. During this time the...
March 12, 2025
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Intellectual Property Considerations
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which forms part of Agenda 2063, has the potential to boost intra-African trade by eliminating tariffs and non-tariff barriers, and ultimately reducing poverty in Afric...
March 10, 2025
Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBRs) – Nigeria to become a member of UPOV
Nigeria has joined the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) as the 80th member of UPOV.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed Nigeria’s instrument of accession to the 1991 Act of th...
March 6, 2025
The Bahamas: New trade mark legislation in effect
As we have previously reported here, the new Trade Marks Act 47 of 2024 (the Act) was published in July 2024. It was recently announced...
February 19, 2025
Libya: Significant developments for trade mark renewals
There have been developments in Libya regarding trade mark renewals, with the introduction of significant new fees for foreign applicants.
On renewal, foreign applicants now need to pay an official fee of US$2000 p...
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