In Advisory Notice 4/2021, published on 4 July 2021, the Managing Body for Industrial Property informed the general public that a Power of Attorney should be filed within 30-days of the deposit of an application. The Advisory Notice further indicated that this period...
CLICK HERE TO VIEW JUDGEMENT 1 CLICK HERE TO VIEW JUDGEMENT 2 In a decision by the Angolan Trade Marks Office, the South African electricity parastatal, Eskom was successful in its oppositions against the registration of trademark applications 12.419 and 12.420 ESCOM...
Angola’s economy is overwhelmingly driven by its oil sector. Oil production and its supporting activities contribute to approximately 50% of the GDP, more than 70% of the country’s revenue and more than 90% of its exports. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, taught us...
Encouraging Developments at the Registry In October 2019, Adams & Adams partners, Nicky Garnett, Stephen Hollis and Elio Teixeira travelled to Luanda for a meeting with Anna Paula Bolivar, the Director General of the Instituto Angolana Propriedade Industrial...
It has been confirmed that official fees in Angola are set to increase. The Presidential Decree no. 62/20 authorizing the increase was published in the Government Gazette of 4 March 2020. It has been advised that the new official fees will come into force on 20 March 2020.
It is still early days in the revision process of the Angolan Industrial Property Law Act. The purpose of the new draft bill is to bring the current Industrial Property Law, which was enacted in 1992, in line with international standards.
Although no express provision is made for the protection of well-known marks in the Angolan Industrial Property Act, 3/92 of 1992, well-known marks are in fact afforded some protection in Angola. In practice, the Registrar will refuse or annul a trade mark if it...
Pursuant to Executive Decree No. 21/97, read together with Executive Decree 30/11, the Ministry of Finance recently announced a change in the payment procedure for all Public Departments including the Industrial Property Office. Effective from 1 March 2018, all...
The Angola Industrial Property Institute embarked upon a project of restructuring with the aim to protect and promote intellectual property in the territory in 2015. At the time, it was required to update the information kept in the records at the Registry in respect...
In May 2017 training was conducted with members of the Customs and the Criminal Investigations Division (SIC) of the Angolan Police. As a practical exercise, members of Customs inspected several containers for counterfeit goods at the port of Luanda. As a result of...
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