Key Highlights from Our Latest Africa IP Update Newsletter:

Rwanda: Rwanda published and enacted a new Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property introducing notable changes from a trade mark prosecution perspective.

Sudan: The Patent Office in Sudan has re-opened and is, once again, accepting new domestic patent applications.

Botswana: The Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (“CIPA”) in Botswana is leading an initiative that is aimed at preventing biopiracy and ensuring that local knowledge of traditional medicine is not exploited without benefiting the local communities as well. 

Libya: By Ministerial Decree, the Libyan Trade Marks Office is once against processing freshly filed trade mark applications.