Legal Updates
September 30, 2023
The Jamaican Trademark (Amendment) Rules 2022
The Jamaican Trademark (Amendment) Rules 2022 (the Rules) came into effect on 30 September 2023. Section 78 of the Jamaican Trade Marks Act allows for the making of Rules. The following Rules set out in the Trade Mark...
September 22, 2023
Kenya: A country where counterfeiting is taken very seriously
Lawyers who have been involved in IP matters in Kenya will know that things are a little different in this East African country. Kenya has a serious counterfeiting problem, but it is has taken (and is continuing to ta...
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...
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 (EAIP).*
The new authority will centralise IP protection in Egypt, ga...
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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