Fernando dos Santos, ARIPO director general, has explained the office's $5.8 million IT project in an interview with Managing IP – although lawyers in the country say enforcement is a much greater ...
The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) encompasses two major regional protocols: the Banjul Protocol for the protection of trademarks and the Harare Protocol for the ...
ARIPO is working to make the Banjul Protocol more effective and preparing for the possibility of a pan-African IP office, as its Director General Fernando dos Santos – one of this year’s MIP 50 - ...
The African Regional IP Organisation (ARIPO) launches free online IP database The centralised platform has trademarks from ARIPO and all of its member states ARIPO DG: database will ‘foster economic ...
In October 2019, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) released a new Model Law on Copyright and Related Rights. EIFL reviewed the ARIPO ...
The 2025 African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Intellectual Property (IP) Journalists’ Awards are now officially open for entries. The competition, now in its second year, ...
Major amendments to the Harare Protocol by the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization represent a pivotal shift in how regional IP rights are pursued and maintained, explains Inês ...
More than 90 civil society organisations have called for urgent reform of the Harare Protocol of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) in order to ensure people have access ...