Intelligence

On 15 April 2025, a distinguished delegation of Malawian officials visited ARIPO's office in Harare, Zimbabwe.

On 1 April 2025, the Malawi Parliament passed the following Bills...

The Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA), making use of the Copyright Fund, constructed a heritage hub in order to highlight and preserve cultural heritage and practices in Kwenje Village, Dowa, Malawi.

Two executive-legislative bills have been gazetted for debate in Parliament during the current sitting. The bills focus on reforms to company and copyright laws.

On December 5, 2024, Malawi ratified the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge ("Treaty") which was adopted in May 2024.

The purpose of trade mark registration is to offer an exclusive right to use a mark, a sort of monopoly, which must be restrained to a specific class of goods or services in most jurisdictions.