On 7 January 2022, the Parliament of Cape Verde approved accession to the Lusaka Agreement. The Cape Verde Parliament also voted in favour of acceding to the Banjul and the Harare Protocols on the same day. On 27 January 2022, it further approved accession to the...
In terms of Malawi’s new Trademarks Act, it is compulsory to file a declaration of intention to use at the time of filing an application. We therefore suggest that all new applications be accompanied by a declaration of intention to use, in order to avoid problems when filing an application.
Considering its antiquated trade mark legislation, last year Malawi passed the Trademarks Bill, 2017. On 24 January 2018, the Bill was assented to by the President and on 2 February 2018 the Trademarks Act no.2 of 2018 (hereinafter the “New Act”) was published. The...
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