商標登録insideNews: Trademark Registration in Africa: Key Challenges | Tech In Africa

TM Registration in Africa

TM Registration in Africa

Trademark registration in Africa is complex due to fragmented systems, slow processes, and high costs. Businesses must navigate regional frameworks like ARIPO and OAPI, alongside individual country offices, each with unique rules. Enforcement is another hurdle, with limited resources and inconsistent laws across borders, making it harder to protect brands.

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商標登録insideNews: Notice to all Applicants on the Amendments to the Banjul Protocol | The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

Reference is made to the Resolutions of the ARIPO Administrative Council at its 43rd Session that was held in Margibi County, Liberia, from November 18 to 20, 2019. The Administrative Council adopted the amendments to the Banjul Protocol on Marks as well as its Implementing Regulations, which shall come into force on January 1, 2020.

情報源: Notice to all Applicants on the Amendments to the Banjul Protocol – The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

Banjul-Protocol 2019 バンジュール議定書(Banjul Protocol)は、商標についてのアフリカ広域知的財産機関(ARIPO)の取り扱いを定めていて、1993年にガンビアのバンジュールで作成されています。

Amendments to the Banjul Protocol on Marks (ARIPO_BP/2019/1) 新規定として、Rule 5ter Filing DateとRule 11ter Notice of Oppositionが追加されています。2020年1月1日施行です。

商標登録insideNews: Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle – L’OAPI a un nouveau logo

OAPI adapted New logo

2017年12月にアフリカ西部の内陸国ニジェール(Niger)のニアメ(Niamey)で開催されたOAPI理事会の決定の1つは新しいロゴの採択で、OAPIには新しいロゴが設定されています。

L’OAPI a un nouveau logo L’une des décisions fortes du conseil d’administration de l’OAPI tenu à Niamey au Niger en décembre 2017, est l’adoption d’un nouveau logo.

情報源: Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle – L’OAPI a un nouveau logo

OAPI adapted New logo

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