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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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
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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A Kenyan advocacy group, Kituo cha Sheria, has filed a lawsuit against Safaricom, the country’s largest telecom provider, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), and the Kenya Competition Authority, challenging their opposition to Starlink’s entry into the Kenyan market. The group argues that Safaricom’s request to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) to force SpaceX
By Genevieve Epetti (c)ipleaders illustrative image only 04/07/2024 Over the past decade, the GOR undertook a series of policy and legal reforms intended to improve the rule of law and access to justice, as well as the investment and business climate. Therefore, it’s in this direction that the country has recently introduced significant amendments to
