CLICK HERE TO VIEW JUDGEMENT In June 2021, Parliament passed the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Act, 2021, which Act proposes amendments to various pieces of legislation, including the Trade and Services Marks Act, (CAP 326) (“the Trade Marks Act”)....
Anti-counterfeiting training During October 2019, we travelled to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania to conduct Brand Identification Training at the REACT workshop with the Fair Competition Commission (“FCC”) officials to assist them in combating the sale of counterfeit goods...
Tanzania is well known for having an economically active agricultural sector, an abundance of natural gas and of course home to the brilliant blue precious stones. In June this year, a local small-scale miner became an instant millionaire after selling two...
Tanzania is the 68th and latest country to accede to the Marrakesh Treaty. The Marrakesh Treaty facilitates access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (MVT). The Marrakesh Treaty requires that Contracting...
Representatives from Adams & Adams, Stephen Hollis, Partner, and Menzi Maboyi, Africa Practice Manager, travelled to Tanzania to visit our Associate Office, as well as the Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) Having first established our Associate...
The Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) which is authorised to register Companies, Business names and Intellectual Property Rights in Tanzania announced that it had implemented an Online Filing System to make provision for the electronic filings of...
A search and seizure operation was conducted by the Fair Competition Commission in November 2017, along with Adams & Adams Partner, Charl Potgieter. A manufacturing facility was uncovered, with large quantities of branded clothing and footwear seized. Moulds being...
Darren Olivier and Menzi Maboyi travelled to East Africa in September 2016. Other than to have one on one discussions with the Ugandan Registrar…
Dar es Salaam Representatives of Adams & Adams travelled to Dar es Salaam to conduct Customs training workshops and also took part in search and seizure operations conducted with members of Interpol, the Fair Competition Commission and Police. Focus was placed on...
Dar es Salaam Adams & Adams sent representatives from its anti-counterfeiting section to conduct training with members of the Police and Fair Competition Commission (“FCC”) in July 2014 and with the FCC, Police and Customs in December 2014. Subsequent to that...
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