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ARTICLE · 03 FEBRUARY 2022

Updates On The New Industrial Property Act 2019

We have already discussed the changes to the industrial property legislation in Mauritius in previous articles, which appeared in April 2017 and September 2019.

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We have already discussed the changes to the industrial property legislation in Mauritius in previous articles, which appeared in April 2017 and September 2019. The new Industrial Property Act 2019, which was proclaimed on 31 January 2022 and the new regulations that were published on the same day, introduced the protection of Geographical Indications (GI) and New Varieties of Plants, and makes provision for the accommodation of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Madrid Protocol on Trade Marks and the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs.

To recap, the Industrial Property Act 2019 consolidates all industrial property-related issues in one statute. The framework for the protection of the Act consists of the following five pieces of legislation:

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