Upcoming IP Webinar: Intellectual Property Essentials For Nigerian SME's
Join Angela Adebayo Agbe-Davies, Managing Director of Inventa Nigeria, for an insightful webinar on strategies to protect your ideas, strengthen your brand, and unlock new business opportunities. This session will help entrepreneurs secure and monetize IP, avoid costly mistakes, and build stronger, protected businesses.
The session will cover key topics including how to secure trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets, ways to monetize intellectual property, and strategies to avoid common mistakes that could put businesses at risk.
Increased Official Fees for IP Services in Zanzibar
The Zanzibar Industrial Property Office (ZIPO) has implemented a significant increase in official fees for intellectual property services, effective August 11, 2025. The changes, published in the Government Gazette Vol. CXXXIV No. 7369 on July 18, 2025, falls under the Zanzibar Business and Property Registration Agency (Fees) regulations.
2025 AIPPI World Congress
Tiago Reis Nobre and Vítor Palmela Fidalgo will attend the AIPPI World Congress in Yokohama, Japan. The event will focus on intellectual property's role in artificial intelligence and Japan's unique legal and cultural traditions. During the four-days, the event will feature panel discussions, keynote speakers and social events, covering a wide range of topics such as IP examinations and protection, trademarks and patents.
Luanda International Trade Fair - FILDA 2025
The 40th edition of the Luanda International Fair (FILDA), the largest international trade event in Angola, took place from July 22 to 27, in the Special Economic Zone (ZEE), Luanda - Bengo.
Egypt: New Patent Late Examination Fee and Increased Official Charges
The Egyptian Intellectual Property Authority (EGIPA) has recently enacted two significant legal instruments - Decree No. 26 of 2025 and Decision No. 34 of 2025 - which introduce substantial modifications to the country’s patent fee structure and procedural timelines.
Under Decree No. 26, published in Official Gazette No. 132 on 17 June 2025 and effective as of 18 June 2025, the official examination fee for patent applications has doubled, increasing from EGP 25,000 to EGP 50,000 (approximately USD 1,060).
Ethiopia joins the Paris Convention and Madrid Protocol
Ethiopia is now a signatory to the Paris Convention and the Madrid Protocol, with both set to enter into force on August 15, 2025. This upcoming integration is expected to simplify the protection of patents and trademarks allowing applicants to claim earlier filing dates and submit international applications through the WIPO system. This measure strengthens the enforcement of intellectual property and promotes investment and technology transfer. The accession marks a strategic step in Ethiopia’s broader efforts to modernize its IP system.
AI and IP law: What is the Nigerian legal perspective?
The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) is a global phenomenon that has taken over every aspect of life. AI is the possibility and capability of computer systems to perform human-designed tasks with little or no errors. Early innovators and researchers of AI believed that human intelligence and behaviour could be neatly copied and translated by intelligent machines that had been designed to do so. In Nigeria and globally, AI has been widely accepted and indoctrinated across various fields of life.
Inventa recognized by Leaders League
We are proud to announce that Inventa has been recognized in the annual Leaders League ranking of the best firms in Portugal. This year, we have been distinguished as a Leading Firm in both “Trademark Prosecution” and “Patent Prosecution,” and as a Recommended Firm in the “IP Litigation” category. These distinctions reflect outstanding contributions of our team members, including Vítor Palmela Fidalgo, Vítor Sérgio Moreira, João Pereira Cabral, and Joana Fialho Pinto.
PTMG Autumn Conference
Organized by the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group, the PTMG Autumn Conferences bring together IP and pharmaceutical professionals to explore a wide range of topics related to trademarks in the pharmaceutical industry and beyond.