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Adams & Adams
The Mozambique Industrial Property Institute (IPI) recently appointed Ms Sheila Canda as the new Director General. Ms Canda replaces the recently retired Mr. Meque who held the position of Director
Adams & Adams
On 29 June 2022, the Assembly of the Republic approved the new Copyright Law of Mozambique, Law 9/2022. The new law came into force on 26 September 2022.
Inventa
Inventa International has carried out a study on patenting activity in Mozambique, presenting some statistics highlighting a profile of the main patent applicants, and the technologies they relate to
Inventa
Due to their geographical proximity and the fact that they share a common border of 493km, the economic and human relations between Mozambique and South Africa date back a long way.
Inventa
The registration of trademarks in Mozambique is possible through three different procedures. The first is a national filing directly alongside the Industrial Property Institute (IPI)
Inventa
The Industrial Property Law of Mozambique (31 December 2015) established the requirement to submit a declaration of intention to use (DIU) for trademarks.
Inventa
The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) was established in 1976 under the Lusaka Agreement.
ENS
The big news in African IP has been the announcement that Mozambique will be joining the ARIPO system for trade marks (it has been a member of the system for patents for some time).
Adams & Adams
On 19 September 2017, the Council of Ministers of Mozambique acceded to the Banjul Agreement. Mozambique has now deposited its Instrument of Accession on 15 May 2020, and the provisions of the Banjul Protocol...
Inventa
The production of counterfeit goods is common in the trademark field as it is a business opportunity based on the consumer's inability to identify second-generation goods.
Inventa
There are multiple types of industrial property rights that an entity can use to protect the following distinctive signs in commerce in Mozambique: trademark, ...
Inventa
Mozambique's Intellectual Property Code dated December 31, 2015, established that the filing of a Declaration of Intention of Use (DIU) is mandatory regarding trademark registrations in Mozambique.
Inventa
The Mozambique Industrial Property Code (IPC), which has been in force since 2016, provides six main IP rights that any entity may use to protect their distinctive signs in commerce.
Inventa
The province of Tete, in Mozambique, has a goat population estimated in about 300 thousand animals, which has been increasing over the years, and is classified as the first goat producer in this country.
Inventa
If no communication is received by ARIPO within the prescribed 9 month limit, the mark shall be deemed as accepted and will be published in ARIPO's official journal.
ENS
It has always been the practice of the Industrial Property Institute of Mozambique to prohibit the refiling of trade marks that have been finally refused, which has posed a serious obstacle to trade mark applicants...
Clarke, Modet & Co
On March 31st, 2016, the new Industrial Property Code will come into force in Mozambique, approved by this country's Council of Ministers on 31st December 2015 (decree No.47/2015), which will revoke the previous Code, of 2006.
ENS
On 30 March 2016, a new Industrial Property Code (the "Code") came into force in Mozambique.
Tauil & Chequer
On the last day of 2015, the Council of Ministers – by means of Decree No. 47/2015 – published the new Industrial Property Code - IPC. Effective since March 30, 2016, the new IPC revoked the previous Code of 2006.
Inventa
After attending INTA's conference "The Power of Design", Inês Monteiro Alves discusses the lack of mention of Africa as a Continent, regarding IP rights and designs in particular.
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