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The WIPO-South Africa Summer School on Intellectual Property (IP) has concluded another successful session. Hosted in partnership with South Africa's Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DTI)...

On 28 October 2021, ARIPO, OAPI and WIPO held a meeting (virtually) to relaunch the Nairobi Strategic Plan on the development of Copyright and Related Rights in Africa .

Plant breeders applying for plant variety protection (PVP) through ARIPO can now use UPOV PRISMA, a secure online platform that simplifies submissions across multiple jurisdictions.

Africa Copyright and Collective Management Day is celebrated yearly on 14 September to raise awareness of Copyright and Collective Management Rights in Africa.

Although the Republic of Seychelle has been an approved member of ARIPO since 2019, the signature and the delivery of instrument of accession was delayed.

At the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa this past February, heads of state adopted eight key Annexes to the AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), which was considered a transformative step towards a unified African innovation market.

Proprietors of trade marks in Burundi should take note of an upcoming trade mark renewal deadline which may be relevant to their marks in this country.

n accordance with Article 11 of the Executive Regulations for Trademarks, the Libyan Trade Marks Office has released official decision No. (335) of 2024 regarding trade mark cancellations.

In parallel with events of the 66th series of annual meetings of the World Intellectual Property Office in Geneva, the Director General of OAPI also met with Yasuada Futoshi, the Deputy Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO).

Traditionally, formal documents (i.e. Forms P.3/D.3, P.26 and assignments) for filing in support of patent and design applications had to be executed by way of an original/wet signature.

In May, Botswana's Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) destroyed a large quantity of counterfeit and pirated goods, including fake mobile telephones and earbuds.

The anticipated increase in the official fees at the Egyptian Trademark Office with regards to the filing of trade marks and designs has been placed on hold.

In October, EGIPA also published various ministerial decisions affecting the official fees payable relating to the prosecution of applications, registrations, and maintenance of registrations in respect of patents...

The Representative Group of the Protected Geographical Indication Penja Pepper has announced the first "Penja International Pepper Festival", to run from 24 to 26 June in Penja, Cameroon.

The OAPI 2023-2027 Strategic Plan emphasises the organisation's resolve to prioritise the establishment, development and protection of Geographical Indications for products originating from OAPI member states.

The OAPI IP Office recently published a notice informing trade mark owners, agents and all other users of the OAPI regional system that the Trade Marks Registry applies the current version of the Nice Classification system ...

Senegal's Madd from Casamance and Cameroon's Penja Pepper have achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first geographical indications from the OAPI region to receive international registration under the Lisbon System. This development opens new pathways for protecting and commercially leveraging Africa's distinctive regional products in international trade.

Following a stakeholder engagement meeting with the USRB and the Ugandan Government Printer (responsible for publishing trade mark applications under the new Trade Mark Regulations)...