IP Rights

In a globalized world, driven by the information technologies revolution and the service economy, the tangible assets are less and less valuable, while intangible assets, increasingly valuable, are emerging as the key to success, leading the companies to seek how to best use their intangible assets.

Djibouti is one of the smallest countries in Africa. Its strength lies in its location at the southern entrance to the Red Sea and the fact that it is adjacent to some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, acting as a bridge between Africa and the Middle East.

For the past seven years, fashion retailer Truworths has had its eye on the PRIMARK trademark. In 2018 it successfully cancelled Primark Holdings’ UK mark for non-use and in 2019 the company applied for its own version of the mark. Truworths CEO Michael Mark has now announced that it will launch 15 stores in the next few months in an attempt to adapt to changing shopping habits following the covid-19 outbreak.

Background

The city of Nanchang hosted the 12th China Trademark Festival, an event dedicated to national and international Intellectual Property (IP) strategy, mainly regarding chinese trademarks and brands.

From December 5 to December 7, 2020, Inventa International joined the festival, represented by Crystal Zhang, with the purpose to exchange some ideas regarding protection of IP rights and internationalization of chinese brands.

Western Sahara is an Atlantic-coastal desert area of 266,000km2, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. A former Spanish colony, it has been on the the United Nations (UN) list of non-self-governing territories since 1965 along with 17 other territories.

‘Non-self-governing territories’ are defined as "territories whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government” according to Chapter XI of the UN Charter.

Starting January 2, 2019, it has ended the requirement to present a notarized Power-of-Attorney when applying for Intellectual Property Rights renewals registrations in Macao. 

This change has the aim to simplify the administrative industrial property procedures, in order to improve its efficiency.

From now on, the agents don’t need to present a Power-of-Attorney to submit a renewal request.

On 25 and 26 April 2019 Epic Sana hotel in Luanda will receive the 2nd Angolan Intellectual Property Congress, an event organized by Inventa International and Ponto de Vista.

The discussion about the Preliminary Draft Law on Intellectual Property in Angola, now in public discussion, stands out from many other issues that will be on debated at this event.

Inventa International participated on London IP 2018, that took place from 10 to 12 December.

During this event more than 400 professionals got together with more than 60 speakers, for thought-provoking discussions looking at the most contemporary trends in the world of IP. Highly participated and interactive, this initiative allowed the participants to get up to speed with the latest business issues, in order to ensure the best IP practices and strategies.

Dubai was chosen to receive INTA’s 2018 Middle East and Africa Conference, an annual event held by the Association with focus on this region’s IP matters.

Inventa International attended this event with the aim to catch up with the IP professionals, to discuss the latest developments and the future of IP in both in Africa and Middle East.

The 7th edition of BIP Asia took place on the 6 and 7 December 2018, at Hong Kong’s Conference and Exhibition Center. The event gathered a wide number of professionals as well as trademark owners and representatives, that had the opportunity to exchange ideas about the business of IP.