CLICK HERE TO VIEW JUDGEMENT This is an appeal decision relating to Cairns Foods Limited and Netrade Marketing, two companies in the business of producing and marketing food products, in particular, fruit jam. Cairns Foods extensively used its SUN and device label...
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Algeria – Value Added Tax Effective, 1 January 2022
In accordance with the new finance law[1], a 19% Valued Added Tax is to be added on professional fees with effect from 1 January 2022. Therefore, all the IP matters in Algeria filed on or after 1 January 2022 and all pending matters that will be completed on or after...
Zimbabwean Registry now up and running
In October 2021, the Industrial Property Automated System (IPAS) crashed, and this caused a devastating ripple effect on all matters at the Registry. The IPAS system has now been replaced and is now fully functional. Delays are however expected, particularly with...
ZIPO: Kicking 2022 Off on a High Note
Operations at the Zimbabwean Registry took a devastating blow in October 2021 when the Industrial Property Automated System (IPAS) crashed. The already strained capacity of the Registry was severely impacted by this, but things are starting to look up as the system...
Zipo: Making Headway Despite Operational Constraints
Although the Zimbabwean Registry has welcomed the fact that its Industrial Property Automated System (IPAS) is up and running again, the Registry’s operations were severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as ZIPO is now running on a limited staff complement. The...
Zimbabwe – IPAS back on track
After a break in the online operations at the Zimbabwean Registry, it is now back to business as usual with the Registry’s Industrial Property Automated System (IPAS) being back up and running since 7 May 2021. Although this is a step in the right direction, presently...
Africa Update 2020 – Zimbabwe
Filing Trade Marks through ARIPO as an Alternative Zimbabwe acceded to the Banjul Protocol on Marks (ARIPO) in 1997. As Zimbabwe has domesticated the Banjul Protocol, an ARIPO registration designating Zimbabwe is afforded the same rights as a national application....
Inventor challenges Zimbabwean Patent Office on business method inventions
Tawanda Mahanzu, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and inventor (“the applicant”), has approached the Intellectual Property Tribunal of Zimbabwe (“the IPT”) on an urgent basis to challenge the alleged practice at the Zimbabwean Patent Office (“ZIPO”) of excluding certain...
7 KEY INSIGHTS ON ZIMBABWE’S NEW IP POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
On 28 June 2018, Zimbabwe launched its first ever National Intellectual Property Policy and Implementation Strategy (“the Policy”). This Policy was drafted with assistance from WIPO and involved interface meetings and workshops with various stakeholders.
ZIMBABWE | AS IT HAPPENED
The year 2017 was certainly a year in which fundamental changes took place in Zimbabwe, not only from a political and economic perspective, but also from an intellectual property viewpoint. Our team has listed a few highlights worth noting. MADRID PROTOCOL...
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