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The Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) has officially increased the official fees regarding trademark, patent and industrial design services.

Due to increasing competition between companies in multiple countries, trademarks have become essential in commercial activities and represent a great value to the success of a business...

The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) has changed the procedure regarding patent search and examination fee, based on Article 28 (2) of the Inventions, Minor Inventions & Industrial Design Regulation Number 12/1997.

The European Patent Office has recently announced its new fees, especially filing, search, examination, and renewal related fees, starting from 1 April 2022.

The Harare Protocol, one of ARIPO's cornerstone agreements, allows applicants to secure protection for patents, utility models, and industrial designs through a single ARIPO application ...

Last June an amendment to the The Copyright And Neighbouring Rights Act, through The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Act, 2019, entered into force.

In a special edition of the Industrial Property Journal, the Industrial Property Institute of Kenya (KIPI) has stated that as of 15 February 2021 it will now publicly notify trademark owners that have not ...

On November 16, 2023, the new European Regulation on GI protection for craft and industrial products (CIGIR) came into effect, applicable from December 1, 2025.

On February 17th, the EPO confirmed the official start of the Unitary Patent, which will come into force on 1 June 2023.

On Monday, June 1, 2026, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted a high-level stakeholders meeting and Fireside Chat titled “Accelerating Nigeria’s Innovation System” in Abuja, Nigeria. The event was co-curated by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and WIPO, as part of the official visit of the WIPO Director-General, Mr. Daren Tang, to the WIPO Nigeria Office.

Many African countries have raised their IP fees in the past few years. This is due to economic growth, a rising interest in protecting IP assets and the modernisation of countries' IP systems.

Romania will join the Unitary Patent (UP) system starting on September 1, 2024, following the deposit of its instrument of ratification of the Agreement...

Inspired by Article 6 quinquies of the Paris Convention, Annex 3, Article 3(c) of the Bangui Agreement provides that a trademark cannot be registered if "it is contrary to public policy...

Nigeria is the seventh most populated country in the world and Africa's largest economy, with a gross domestic product estimated at $508 billion.

The Somalia Trademarks Office resumed its operations at the end of 2019, when Ministerial Decree 1/2019 was issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry...

In March, the Angolan government declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak of covid-19, enforcing mandatory lockdowns and the closure of all establishments ...

It is common to see a peak in trademark applications that contain terms associated with a recent event and the covid-19 outbreak is no exception.