The ‘new’ Namibian Industrial Property Act came into force on August 1 2018. It provides that trademark oppositions are to be heard by the Registrar of Trademarks and the invalidation of trademark registrations is to be heard by the Industrial Property Tribunal.
Business and Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) chief executive officer Vivienne Katjiuongua and her colleague Ainna Kaundu have been appointed to decision-making committees of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo).
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