Inventa International
Africa is the continent with the largest number of countries – 54. As trademarks are usually protected at a national level, an African-wide trademark protection strategy can be taxing. However, there are some shortcuts that will help applicants to secure African-wide trademark protection.
Madrid Protocol
The Madrid Protocol for the international registration of trademarks was established in 1989 and provides applicants with the possibility of designating several countries with a single application.
The Madrid Protocol was ratified by 22 African countries, and the geographical reach is extended to 38, due to the participation of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI). Putting this into perspective, about 2/3 of the continent are covered by the Madrid Union, allowing applicants to take full advantage of the system and obtain cost-effective protection throughout the continent. There are some notable exceptions of countries that did not join
Inventa International
Africa is the continent with the largest number of countries – 54. As trademarks are usually protected at a national level, an African-wide trademark protection strategy can be taxing. However, there are some shortcuts that will help applicants to secure African-wide trademark protection.
Madrid Protocol
The Madrid Protocol for the international registration of trademarks was established in 1989 and provides applicants with the possibility of designating several countries with a single application.
The Madrid Protocol was ratified by 22 African countries, and the geographical reach is extended to 38, due to the participation of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI). Putting this into perspective, about 2/3 of the continent are covered by the Madrid Union, allowing applicants to take full advantage of the system and obtain cost-effective protection throughout the continent. There are some notable exceptions of countries that did not join
Media release: Creative industries and social media firms agree new, anti-piracy measures in government roundtable
IN 2018, as agreed in the Creative Industries Sector Deal, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) launched a series of government-backed, voluntary roundtable discussions between social media platforms and UK creative businesses.
These roundtable discussions seek to further enhance the means to fight piracy on social media platforms, ensure that participants are aware of all existing measures available to block or remove infringements, and identify new policies, systems and practices that can be introduced to further reduce piracy online.
The stakeholders participating in this roundtable included the Publishers Association, English Premier League, UK record labels association the BPI and its international counterpart, IFPI, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), Sky, Professional Publishers Association (PPA), interactive entertainment trade body trade UKIE,
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IPO’s strategy sets out our ambition to deliver excellent IP services, make IPO a brilliant place to work and be the best IP office. To achieve that, we know that we have to completely change how we operate, using modern and customer-focussed systems and ways of working.
Over the next 5 years we will make those changes through our ambitious One IPO transformation programme. This document outlines our One IP transformation plans, and explains why we are changing, what to expect and our next steps.
Ministerial Foreword
Intellectual Property (IP) is the lifeblood of innovation. It encourages and rewards businesses, inventors and creators to share their talents with the world, protecting their ideas. It is the essential fuel that will help the UK economy build back better following the pandemic. The UK already has a world leading IP environment, but a service for innovators must itself innovate, iterate and continuously improve.
Huawei wins big intellectual property case in Europe – against fashion house Chanel
Court finds linked U used on Smart Home app can t be confused with linked C used on overpriced tat Share
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Logowatch Huawei has had a big intellectual property win in Europe, defeating an action brought by fashion house Chanel over a new logo it introduced in 2017.
The Chinese company filed an application for the new logo in 2017 and described it as applicable to “Software and mobile applications to control and manage smart home devices and appliances; routers.”
Here is said mark.
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The Register has found it in use as the icon for the Huawei SmartHome App on the Apple App Store and the HUAWEI AI Life app on Google Play.