An Essential Guide To Filing Trademarks In Mauritius

Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. Once a low-income country with an agriculture-based economy, it now has a high income that is centred on tourism, financial services and the trade of textiles and sugar cane. The Financial Times referred to Mauritius as "the island nation (that) aims to reinvent itself as a hub for global investors in Africa, with both China and India as its key partners". According to WIPO's country profile, 10,548 trademarks were filed in Mauritius in 2019. The 2020 Global Innovation Index put Mauritius in 52nd place among the 131 economies featured, ninth place among the 37 upper middle-income group economies and first out of 26 economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Economic Forum also ranked the Mauritian economy as the most competitive in sub-Saharan Africa.