For the first time, on 4 February, 2021, the High Court of Tanzania (Commercial Division) has issued a decision concerning the protection of well-known trademarks, against infringing company names registered by third parties .
Legislative changes and key decisions from the Middle East and Africa region analysed
Each quarter we will be running a series of pieces presenting recent Legal Updates that you may have missed. Last week we kicked off the series with takeaways from decisions handed down in Europe in the year to date. For our next instalment we turn our attention to the Middle East and Africa.
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