On 19 September 2017, the Council of Ministers of Mozambique acceded to the Banjul Agreement. Mozambique has now deposited its Instrument of Accession on 15 May 2020, and the provisions of the Banjul Protocol...

The province of Tete, in Mozambique, has a goat population estimated in about 300 thousand animals, which has been increasing over the years, and is classified as the first goat producer in this country.

The Mozambique Industrial Property Institute (IPI) recently appointed Ms Sheila Canda as the new Director General. Ms Canda replaces the recently retired Mr. Meque who held the position of Director

It has always been the practice of the Industrial Property Institute of Mozambique to prohibit the refiling of trade marks that have been finally refused, which has posed a serious obstacle to trade mark applicants...

On March 31st, 2016, the new Industrial Property Code will come into force in Mozambique, approved by this country's Council of Ministers on 31st December 2015 (decree No.47/2015), which will revoke the previous Code, of 2006.

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) was established in 1976 under the Lusaka Agreement.

The big news in African IP has been the announcement that Mozambique will be joining the ARIPO system for trade marks (it has been a member of the system for patents for some time).

The production of counterfeit goods is common in the trademark field as it is a business opportunity based on the consumer's inability to identify second-generation goods.

The Industrial Property Law of Mozambique (31 December 2015) established the requirement to submit a declaration of intention to use (DIU) for trademarks.

There are multiple types of industrial property rights that an entity can use to protect the following distinctive signs in commerce in Mozambique: trademark, ...

After attending INTA's conference "The Power of Design", Inês Monteiro Alves discusses the lack of mention of Africa as a Continent, regarding IP rights and designs in particular.

Due to their geographical proximity and the fact that they share a common border of 493km, the economic and human relations between Mozambique and South Africa date back a long way.

Mozambique's Intellectual Property Code dated December 31, 2015, established that the filing of a Declaration of Intention of Use (DIU) is mandatory regarding trademark registrations in Mozambique.

If no communication is received by ARIPO within the prescribed 9 month limit, the mark shall be deemed as accepted and will be published in ARIPO's official journal.

The registration of trademarks in Mozambique is possible through three different procedures. The first is a national filing directly alongside the Industrial Property Institute (IPI)

The Mozambique Industrial Property Code (IPC), which has been in force since 2016, provides six main IP rights that any entity may use to protect their distinctive signs in commerce.