Industrial Property

Mozgrow is platform directed to the sustainable development of all agriculture related businesses in Mozambique. In late July there was an encounter in Maputo to promote the interaction between all players that integrate this economical area.

At this event our local team members had the chance to talk with several players of the agricultural business, sensitizing them on how to protect Intellectual Property interests in Mozambique.

Ana Paula Spencer has been nominated for the presidency of Cape Verde’s IGQPI - Quality Management and Intellectual Property Office, replacing the former president, engineer Abraão Lopes.

The engineer Joana Flor will assume the role of Executive Administrator, thus assisting the new president to the Board of Direction of the IGQPI. Created in 2010, the IGQPI integrates both, the SNQC - National Quality System of Cape Verde and the SNPI - National System of Protection of Intellectual Property.

The Portuguese Industrial Property Office (INPI) has announced an update to the official fees concerning all Intellectual Property (IP) procedures.

This update applies to Trademarks, Patents, Appellation of Origin or Geographical Indication, Industrial Models and Designs and, as well as to other generic fees.

Benguela’s International Business Fair is gaining notoriety as one of the most important economic encounters in Angola, being recognized as the major economic event in the country’s south area.

Inventa International was in this initiative where it presented to the local entrepreneurs the available options to protect their Intellectual Property assets. Most of the questions raised during the conversations were related to how register for a trademark in Angola.

The Conference “Angola – New Political and investment Cycle”, that took place in Lisbon, was very participated by several personalities. Among the participants was with Adão Correia de Almeida – Minister for the Territory Administration and Reform of the State of Angola, with whom Vera Albino who was representing Inventa International had the chance to catch up.

Boston was the chosen city for this year’s INTA Annual Meeting. Between the 18th and the 22nd May 2019, about 11.000 Intellectual Property (IP) professionals, from all over the world got together for the most awaited event of the industry.

During the event, our team had the chance to catch up with old and new friends, and to share the latest about IP in Africa, but also to discuss the topics that will shape the future of the IP business.

Café do Aquitecto promotes talk about Intellectual Property in Angola

Café do Arquitecto is a social project, by atelier Master Plan, that as the goal to promote architecture’s central role in society. With this goal it promoted an encounter Luanda, under the theme Let’s Talk about Intellectual Property in Architecture.

The initiative gathered several professionals from both areas, allowing the exchange of experiences about Intellectual Property (IP) between them.

Inventa International and Ponto de Vista organized the 2nd Angolan Congress of Industrial Property, that took place in Luanda, on 25 and 26 April 2019.

The event gathered a wide panel of specialists to discuss the Industrial Property panorama in Angola.

The Quality Management and Intellectual Property Office (IGQPI) announced that deadline to submit the Declaration of Intention of Use (DIU) for trademarks granted in August 2013 will be extended until August 2019.