On 15 March 2023, ARISE+ IPR hosted the 6th sub-Project Steering Committee (sub-PSC) Meeting and Conference on Regional Intellectual Property Systems in Bohol, the Philippines, as part of the 69th meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC), which took place on 14-17 March, 2023.
The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization, are delivering a comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) Master’s Programme in English to three universities in Africa: the Africa University in Zimbabwe, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) in Tanzania.
During 2022, AfrIPI and the Egyptian Trademarks and Designs Office (TIDO) management held several meetings to set up the basis of an initiative under which AfrIPI would help TIDO develop their national trade mark and design manuals. The final goal is to draft a full set of trade mark and design examination and registration guidelines. Once published, they will benefit the business community by increasing the transparency and predictability of TIDO’s decisions.
This is a multiannual activity that will continue in 2023 and 2024.
AfrIPI, in collaboration with the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), hosted a virtual workshop for Communication Practitioners from ARIPO Member and Observer States and the representatives of the national IP offices on 16 March 2023.
The fourth meeting of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) sub-group of the ad hoc working group on geographical indications (GIs) took place online on 15 March 2023. It had representatives from six ARIPO Member States – Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Zambia was the chair of the session.
The aim of the meeting was to review the:
This activity aims to raise awareness of the benefits and economic value of industrial designs and utility models in Liberia. In addition, it will promote the ARIPO regional system for registering industrial designs and utility models and demonstrate the ARIPO online application and registration procedures for industrial designs and utility models.