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Africa IP highlights 2023: Trade marks

The IPKat

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks. Tinderet is an area in Kenya.

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Understanding Freedom to Operate (FTO) Concerning IP & Patents

Kashishipr

FTO is a pretty simple and straightforward concept, which implies that at a given point in time, no Intellectual Property (IP) from any third party is infringed upon a given product or service in a given market or geography. This mechanism focuses on disclosing an invention to the public to ensure that nobody else patents it.

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Overview of Trademark Opposition in India

Kashishipr

Upon receiving the trademark application and going through a successful examination process, the Registrar publishes the proposed trademark in the trademark journal. Any individual or entity can file an opposition against the proposed trademark published in the trademark journal.

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (December 11 to December 17)

SpicyIP

Hons) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. He is interested in IP law, and commercial and criminal litigation. To read these, along with a round up of IP developments around the country, and world, read on below. Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol.

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Nigeria Trademark Protection with Omolara Kayode

LexBlog IP

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Can a company file one trademark application for several countries in Africa?

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Nigeria Trademark Protection with Omalara Kayode

LexBlog IP

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Can a company file one trademark application for several countries in Africa?

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” registered trademarks: Elohim—4. ” Evans (2014) at 12. Jehovah–8. patentability standards.