Sierra Leone recently hosted an ARIPO Online Services Sensitisation Workshop to increase awareness and adoption of digital intellectual property services.

Sierra Leone's Parliament has unanimously ratified several major international intellectual property treaties, including the Singapore Treaty on Trademarks and the WIPO Copyright Treaty, marking a pivotal modernisation of the country's IP framework. While these reforms promise to strengthen protections and attract investment, a critical question remains about whether national legislation will be amended to fully implement the ARIPO regional trademark system. The effectiveness of these international commitme

Despite enacting new Design and Patent legislation in 2012, the much-anticipated promulgation of the amended Trade Marks Act has been in limbo for several years.

The Trade Marks Regulations, 2024 have officially come into force in Sierra Leone following its publication as Statutory Instrument No. 19 of 2024.

Until mid-2020 there were no regulations drafted on the implementation of the Sierra Leone Trademarks Act 2014, nor was the date of its entry into force defined in the act...