The official fees for industrial property rights applicable in the Industrial Property Institute of Mozambique were updated by the Ministerial Decree No. 154/2023, of 29 December. The fees were substantially...
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On October 18, 2023, the Government of Portugal deposited its instrument of ratification to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indication (“Geneva Act”). This ratification...
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On 2 August 2023, the Government of São Tome and Principe deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical...
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As of 12 December 2022, the Intellectual Property Office of São Tomé and Príncipe (SENAPIQ) will use and accept the list of terms from the Harmonised Database of goods and...
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The users of the ARIPO system can designate Cape Verde in their applications as from 14 October 2022. The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is an inter-governmental organization (IGO)...
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On 15 June 2022 the Lisbon Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the 1st chamber of the Intellectual Property Court (IPC), in a case where the similarity between tobacco...
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In a dispute between Red Bull GmbH and the applicant of the Portuguese mark BULLS, the Portuguese Intellectual Property Court revoked the Trademark Office granting decision considering that the mark is confusingly similar...
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Cabo Verde became a member of the Madrid Protocol on 6 July 2022 and has already received the first international designations in WIPO. On 5 July 2022, the Government of...
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In a dispute between BEIERSDORF AG and the applicant of the Portuguese mark NÏNAE, the Lisbon Court of Appeal decided that the mark in question is not confusingly similar with...
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