Trademarks

There are multiple types of industrial property rights that an entity can use to protect the following distinctive signs in commerce in Mozambique: trademark, logotype, trade name, establishment name, establishment insignia and corporate name.

Distinctive signs and the law

Lesotho has been a signatory member of the Paris Convention since 1989. In 1999 it ratified the Madrid Agreement and Protocol and on that same year the Banjul Protocol on Marks within the framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO).

There are thus three routes to obtaining registration of a trademark in Lesotho:

We are pleased to inform our clients from the United States that a new app has been launched to revolutionize the legalization process of Power of Attorneys from Ethiopia.

The Consular Office, through the website www.eepoa.org, provides an expedite service that allows applicants and agents to fill in the E-POA form, make the payment and send it to the Embassy of Ethiopia for the online legalization process in less than 24-48 hours.

This year, INTA’s Europe Conference “Brands, Sports, and Esports: A Brand (R)evolution” took place in Madrid, Spain.

On January 31, 2020, the Rwanda Development Board issued a notice stipulating that according to law no. 31/2009 the owners of trademarks filed before December 14, 2009 and who have not renewed its trademarks until December 14, 2019 will now be able to count on another 10 months of grace period. Therefore, the deadline to renew the trademarks filed before December 14, 2009 ends on 13 October 2020.

Inventa International attended the "Innovation & IP Forum and Awards", last January 28, in Paris. The event is dedicated to international challenges in matters related to intellectual property, involving patents, trademarks, IP litigation and other related rights, organized annually by the Leaders League.

Diogo Antunes represented Inventa International where we were awarded with the Silver Award in the category of Best IP Advisory in Portugal.

After successive postponements, the United Kingdom will finally leave the European Union, popularly known as Brexit, with effect from 31 January 2020. It is therefore important to know what will become of the Intellectual Property assets filed and registered through EUIPO.

For that reason we have summarized a practical guide for this transitional period and the future of assets protected in the European Union.

TRADEMARKS

1. Transition period

The rising of the African economy has started to draw attention from all kind of businesses. Alongside the growing dynamic of the continent several issues started to come atone, namely concerning the Intellectual Property (IP) protection across the different african jurisdictions.

The WIPR - World IP Review interviewed the Managing Partner of Inventa International, Daniel Reis Nobre, to learn more about the IP panorama across Africa. 

The challenges and opportunities that Africa presents, when it comes to the protection of IP assets were at the center of the conversation.