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

On the last day of 2015, the Council of Ministers – by means of Decree No. 47/2015 – published the new Industrial Property Code - IPC. Effective since March 30, 2016, the new IPC revoked the previous Code of 2006.

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 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).

On 30 March 2016, a new Industrial Property Code (the "Code") came into force in Mozambique.

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.

Inventa International has carried out a study on patenting activity in Mozambique, presenting some statistics highlighting a profile of the main patent applicants, and the technologies they relate to