In South Sudan, the legislative deadlock of the Intellectual
Property Bill of 2015 continues, awaiting enactment by parliament.
This means it is not yet possible to register new trade marks in
the country.
The good news is that existing registrations remain valid in the
meantime, and South Sudan has also lifted the suspension on trade
mark reservations. This means that trade mark owners can now
reserve their trade marks, and the registration process will be
completed once the Bill is enacted.
South Sudan is also maintaining a database of reserved trade
marks and is conducting searches to make sure that identical or
similar trade marks are not reserved in the names of different
proprietors.
