Gambia

The Gambia has recently signed up for WIPO’s Madrid e-filing service. The first online application for an international trade mark was filed from the Registrar General’s Department just hours after the service was launched. This marks an important milestone as The Gambia it is the first Madrid System Member in the Africa region to use […]

The Gambia Industrial Property Office (GIPO) has joined the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) TMClass harmonized database of goods and services (HBD) as the 96th participating IP office. EUIPO’s TMClass welcomes The Gambia As from 18 December 2023, GIPO will officially use and recognize terminology from the HDB in TMclass. GIPO’s decision to use […]

On 5 December 2023, the Copyright Office which is part of the National Centre of Arts and Culture conducted a training session in The Gambia’s North Bank Region on issues affecting copyright and related rights promotion and protection. This was in accordance with its mandate in terms of sections 56 and 57 of the 2004 […]

In December 2022, the Gambia Intellectual Property Office (IPO) held a sensitisation workshop in collaboration with the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO). The workshop focused on the ARIPO e-service platforms and the importance of Gambian IP agents registering with ARIPO. The Registry believes that registering with ARIPO will bring more exposure to local agents […]