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After a break in the online operations at the Zimbabwean Registry, it is now back to business as usual with the Registry's Industrial Property Automated System (IPAS) being back up and running since 7 May 2021.

Zimbabwe has established an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Intellectual Property to modernise its IP system and create a harmonised national framework. The initiative aims to support innovation, creativity and economic growth through coordinated policymaking across government departments. Will this new committee successfully transform Zimbabwe's intellectual property landscape?

By regulations published on its Independence Day, 18 April 2025, the Zimbabwe Government announced new, reduced fees for women, SME's, as well as students, universities and research institutions, individuals who apply for protection of Intellectual Property, ...

Recently, the Industrial Property Automation System (IPAS) which is the IP management system used at Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Offices...

As per our previous article, it was important to highlight the need for one to protect their Intellectual property rights.

Intellectual property defines your product or service. Many people today do not protect their intellectual property rights and in so doing do not protect their businesses.

This is an appeal decision relating to Cairns Foods Limited and Netrade Marketing, two companies in the business of producing and marketing food products, in particular, fruit jam.

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has recently announced amendments to the Banjul Protocol on Trademarks that will come into force on 01 March 2026.

In an effort to contain the recent upsurge in COVID 19 cases, the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe announced a 30 day nationwide lockdown which commenced on 05 January 2021.

On 6 December 2021, the Permanent Secretary for the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Mrs V. Mabiza opened the meeting of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization...

Local trade mark applications in Zimbabwe can be fairly expensive.

Zimbabwe acceded to the Banjul Protocol on Marks (ARIPO) in 1997.

Trademark law is far more complex than it appears at first glance. While traditionally associated with protecting brand names, logos, and symbols, trademark protection extends to unconventional marks...

In a previous article, it was noted that on 18 April 2025 regulations were published amending intellectual property registration regulations for applications filed in Zimbabwe at the national level, Zimbabwe Intellectual Property office (ZIPO).

At the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Administrative Council Meetings held 6 to 9 December 2021 in Victoria Falls...

The head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Daren Tang, was in Zimbabwe for a three-day official working visit.

The Government of Zimbabwe, a few years ago, enacted the Companies and Other Business Entities Act (Companies Act).