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.
IP and the commercialisation of genomic tech in Nigeria
The intersection of intellectual property (IP) and genomics is reshaping the landscape of healthcare, biotechnology, and business in Nigeria. Genomics—the study of an organism’s entire genetic material—has profound implications for medical research, personalised medicine, agriculture, and pharmaceutical innovations. However, ensuring equitable benefits and commercial viability requires a robust IP framework.
Bubbling over: Australia objects to EU’s ‘Prosecco’
An interesting dispute regarding the use of the name “Prosecco” has been a topic repeatedly addressed in IP news.
As an introduction to the theme, it is important to recall that the protection of geographical indications (GIs) in relation to food and agricultural products, particularly those that possess unique qualities attributed to the region and are produced using specific methods, is strongly emphasised by the European Union (EU).
South Africa: Where is the trade secrets rulebook?
Understanding trade secrets is fundamental to protect IP but it is also essential to innovation on a global scale. Despite countless litigations, many countries, like South Africa, still lack specific laws related to trade secrets. This begs the question, does the common law offer enough protection?
The Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Africa
Traditional Knowledge (TK) is, in accordance to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), “a living body of knowledge passed on from generation to generation within a community”. Traditional Knowledge is the know-how, skills and practices developed within a community, forming part of its cultural identity, which is passed through generations.
New Portuguese Industrial Property Code - Practical Guide
The new Portuguese Industrial Property Code was published on December 10th last year. After six months have passed we reiterate some of the main changes.
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Inventa International attended Marques Annual Conference in Paris
Marques Annual Conference took place in September and Inventa International couldn’t miss this event, that gathers experts to debate the latest issues concerning Intellectual Property.
This year the event was held in Paris, which provided the perfect scenario to address a wide range of branding related topics such as branding, design and luxury goods.
EU Copyright Reform, Trade Secrets Directive, UDRP Reform and Brexit were also on the agenda.
The 1st Angolan Congress of Industrial Property was held in Luanda
On April 26th and 27th, it was held the 1st Angolan Congress of Industrial Property, organized by Ponto de Vista, in partnership with Inventa International and the Angolan Institute of Industrial Property (IAPI).
U.S: DuPont trade secrets thief goes to jail
The Department of Justice (USDOJ) in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sentenced a former DuPont employee for his participation in the theft and transfer of trade secrets.
The American chemical company DuPont is known for the development of Kevlar which is the registered trademark for a synthetic fibre which is widely used for industrial, technological and military purposes.