IP Rights

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.

The Mozambique Industrial Property Code (IPC), which has been in force since 2016, provides six main IP rights that any entity may use to protect their distinctive signs in commerce.

The aim of this article is to analyze to what extent these six different rights are necessary and the effects they may produce on Mozambique’s IP system.

Article 1 of the IPC provides definitions of distinctive signs, including:

The International Conference Respect for IP – Growing from the Tip of Africa took place in South Africa, and brought together government ministers and policymakers, judges and senior enforcement officials, international governmental and non-governmental organizations, businesses, the legal fraternity and consumer groups, to share their ideas about how to reach an effective and balanced Intellectual Property – IP enforcement system on the continent.

Recognized has one of the major worldwide events, ICANN Meetings gather a wide range of professionals, including Government Representatives, IT Managers and Consultants, Intellectual Property Managers and Academics, among other professionals, who contribute to the continuing stable, secure and resilient operation of the Internet.

The last meeting took place in Barcelona, where we represented by our IT Manager, João Batalha.

Companies & Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) is relocating its office in Gaborone, Botswana, and it will be closed from the 28th September 2018 until 29th October 2018. During this period all CIPA’s services will be unavailable, which will prevent the completion of any procedure requiring its intervention.

The new CIPA’s office will be installed in the following address:

Block A, Plot 54358,

Prime Plaza Building,

New CBD (Former CEDA Building)