法律更新

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...