Global Data Analysis Reveals Angola's Varying Trademark Landscape

Angola is a lusophone country on the west coast of Africa. Over the past two decades, it has piqued the interest of big brands and multinationals as a lucrative destination for investment. Many companies have preventively filed their trademarks there in order to market their products or services safely in the future. Further, it is common to find several applications for well-known trademarks on behalf of national companies or people in the national trademark bulletin – these tend to generate many oppositions. This article provides a global analysis of trademark applications in Angola to uncover the trends.

A record number of trademark applications were filed in Angola in 2014 (around 5,500). While numbers have since fallen, in the last three years it seems that the upward trend has resumed its course.