ARIPO is the African
Regional Industrial Property Organisation for English-speaking Africa.
The member countries are Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia (from 24 April 2004), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Please note that protection
can alternatively be obtained on an individual basis in any of these
countries via a national application in such country.
ARIPO is a member
of the International Convention and of the PCT.
The requirements
for filing a non-PCT application in ARIPO are as follows:
(a) Power
of Attorney (simply signed) - can be late filed within two months;
(b) Specification, claims, drawings, and abstract in English - required
on the day of filing;
(c) Assignment of Invention -
can be late filed, no set deadline; and
(d) Priority document with verified English translation - can be late
filed, within 3 and 6 months, respectively.
The requirements
for filing a PCT application in ARIPO are as follows:
(i) Power of Attorney
(simply signed) - can be late filed within two months;
(ii) Specification, claims, drawings, and abstract in English - required
on the day of filing;
(iii) Assignment of Invention - can be late filed, no set deadline;
(iv) Copy of PCT International advertisement - required on day of filing;
(v) Copy of International Search Report - can be late filed, no set
deadline; and
(vi) Copy of International Preliminary Examination Report - can be late
filed, no set deadline.
It is possible
to designate the ARIPO member states to which the application applies.
In other words, an applicant can decide which states to designate.
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ARIPO
DESIGN REGISTRATIONS
ARIPO is the African
Regional Industrial Property Organisation for English-speaking Africa.
The member countries are Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia (from 24 April 2004), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Please note that protection
can alternatively be obtained on an individual basis in any of these
countries via a national application in such country.
ARIPO is a member
of the International Convention.
The requirements
for filing a design application in ARIPO are as follows:
(a) Power of Attorney
(simply signed) - can be late filed within 2 months;
(b) 6 sets of formal drawings - required on the day of filing;
(c) Assignment of Design - can
be late filed, no set deadline; and
(d) Priority document with verified English translation - can be late
filed within 3 months and 6 months, respectively.
It is possible
to designate the ARIPO member states to which the application applies.
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ARIPO
TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS
Member
States: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
1.
Filing requirements
1.1
Full name, street address and description of the applicant (including
trading style, if any, and state/country of incorporation, if incorporated).
1.2 List of goods and/or services.
1.3 A simply signed power
of attorney.
1.4 Twelve prints for a device mark - not exceeding 9 cm x 9 cm
2.
Classification
2.1
The 42 classes of the International classification of goods and services
are followed for Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
The 34 classes of the International classification of goods are followed
for Malawi and Uganda.
2.2 Paris Convention priority may be claimed when application is filed.
3.
General
3.1
Duration : 10 years from date of application and renewable for further
periods of 10 years.
3.2 Use : Determined on a purely national basis. In most contracting
countries, within five years of registration and thereafter, non-use
for a continuous period of five years longer may render a registration
vulnerable to removal by an aggrieved party.
3.3 Marking : Not compulsory but highly recommended.
3.4 Licenses : Are permitted
3.5 Assignments : Assignment of applications permissible
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