Filing of Trade Marks in ARIPO

By |2019-06-12T05:37:34+02:00March 16th, 2018|ARIPO, Copyright|

Introduction The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) which was established on 9 December 1976 was originally known as ESARIPO denoting English speaking countries in Africa. The equivalent organisation covering French speaking countries in Africa is known as OAPI. ARIPO is a multi-national organization with headquarters based in the Belgravia suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe. The [...]

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Life after Madrid: Challenges arising from the Madrid Protocol

By |2019-06-12T05:52:08+02:00December 21st, 2017|ARIPO, Featured|

On December 11, 2014, the Government of The Republic of Zimbabwe deposited with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), its instrument of accession to the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, commonly known as the Madrid Protocol. The Protocol entered into force three months later on March 11, 2015. The [...]

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