Following a notice issued by the Director General of ARIPO, Bemanya Twebaze, on 31 January 2025, amendments to the Harare Protocol and its Regulations came into effect on 1 March 2025. The Harare Protocol governs the filing of patent, utility model, and industrial design applications at ARIPO, allowing applicants to designate up to 22 member states. […]
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Yesterday, we had the immense honor of welcoming Senior Counsel George Kashindi to our chamber. Senior Counsel Kashindi is a partner at Munyao, Muthama & Kashindi Advocates, a prestigious Kenyan law firm. He visited Kigali, Rwanda, in order to attend the inaugural Bar and Bench Conference hosted by @ The East African Law Society Recognized as a distinguished leader in legal
I. INTRODUCTION “Africa is not fully prepared to seize the enormous opportunities that AI presents” H.E. CYRIL RAMAPHOSA, in first edition of AI Blueprint in 2021. ChatGpt, Claude, Gemini, and the more recent DeepSeek and Qwen…., Artificial Intelligence is now everywhere. No longer the exclusive domain of the big companies, AI is nowadays found in
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On 5th February, 2025 the African Court on Human and peoples’ rights delivered a landmark judgement, the court delivered a decision in the case of center for Human rights and Others V. the United Republic of Tanzania. In his decision, the court held that the government of Tanzania had violated the rights of people with
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Arusha, 10 February 2025: The African Court on Human & Peoples’ Rights (the Court/AfCHPR) will on Wednesday, 12 February and Thursday 13 February 2025, hold a Public Hearing in the matter of the Democratic Republic of Congo v Republic of Rwanda (Application 007/2023) at the seat of the Court in Arusha – United Republic of Tanzania, from 9:30AM (East African
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Unwanted Witness team to our offices in Kigali. It was a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, explore new opportunities, and discuss potential collaboration. Who is Unwanted Witness? Unwanted Witness is an organization committed to defending digital rights, protecting privacy, and promoting freedom of expression online. Their mission
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One of the important protocols forming part of the set of agreements within the African continental free trade(AfCFTA) is the digital protocol.this protocol has the very important task of defining the desired digital environment for digital trade within Africa. And by extent linking the African Continent to the rest of world. In addition, the protocol
LIBYA SUSPENDS TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS On 15 January 2025, the Libyan Ministry of Economy issued Ministerial Decision No. 2 of 2025, revoking all trademark applications filed between 2 April and 2 September 2024 due to the suspension of operations at the Trademark Office during that period. As a result, all acceptance notices for applications submitted within
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Le Rwanda, souvent appelé le « pays des mille collines », a gagné une réputation mondiale pour son engagement en faveur de la durabilité environnementale. Ce pays d’Afrique de l’Est a mis en place un cadre juridique rigoureux pour protéger son environnement tout en encourageant un développement économique responsable. Cet article explore les obligations environnementales
INTRODUCTION Mr. Yves N…., a Rwandan businessman specializing in tea imports, traveled to Konya, Turkey in April 2024 to purchase tea bagging machines. After a successful facility visit and quick inspection of the machines, a simple handshake sealed the deal, along with a promise to deliver the machines within two (02) months. Returning back to
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