The Namibian Industrial Property Tribunal Rules Board recently
circulated the draft Industrial Property Tribunal Rules
("draft Rules") outlining various procedural steps
relating to the conduct of matters before the Industrial Property
Tribunal ("the Tribunal") in Namibia.
The Tribunal is established in terms of the Namibian Industrial
Property Act No. 1 of 2012 and is empowered to hear appeals to
proceedings or decisions made by the Registrar of Industrial
Property relating to, inter alia, the grant of a trade
mark, patent, industrial design or utility model. Further, matters
before the Registrar of Industrial Property can be referred to the
Tribunal for hearing.
Adams & Adams' trade mark litigation partners, Dale
Healy and Kareema Shaik, were recently called upon to make
submissions on the draft Rules. The draft Rules were considered and
comments were duly submitted in early May 2021.
