Adams Advisory - Africa Update 2020
"Innovation inputs and outputs are still concentrated in very few economies; a global innovation divide persists”. Unfortunately, Africa is still depicted as the poor relation in the whole spectrum of innovation and Intellectual Property uptake. Read Adams & Adams' Advisory Insights into African investment opportunities.
"Innovation inputs and outputs are still concentrated in very few economies; a global innovation divide persists”.
Unfortunately, Africa is still depicted as the poor relation in the whole spectrum of innovation and Intellectual Property uptake.
Read Adams & Adams' Advisory Insights into African investment opportunities.
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COUNTRY UPDATES<br />
ARIPO UPDATES & NEWS<br />
Increase in Patent and Trade Mark Filings<br />
1000<br />
900<br />
800<br />
700<br />
600<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
365<br />
424<br />
529<br />
603<br />
835<br />
780<br />
693 697<br />
747<br />
831<br />
868<br />
900<br />
800<br />
700<br />
600<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
102<br />
181<br />
228<br />
311 321<br />
362<br />
283<br />
286<br />
381 368<br />
408<br />
0<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019<br />
0<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019<br />
TOTAL PATENTS FILED 2009 - 2019 TOTAL TRADE MARKS FILED 2009 - 2019<br />
The increase in patent filing numbers since 2016 was<br />
maintained in 2019, as it recorded the highest number of<br />
filings since 2009. The performance of the ARIPO system<br />
continues to improve with increases in both patent and<br />
trade mark filings.<br />
ARIPO Administrative Council Meeting 2019, Monrovia<br />
The 43rd Session of the Administrative Council of ARIPO took place in Monrovia, Liberia, between<br />
18 and 20 November 2019. <strong>Adams</strong> & <strong>Adams</strong> partner, Stephen Hollis and, <strong>Africa</strong> Practice Manager,<br />
Menzi Maboyi, attended the session as the only law firm representatives in attendance.<br />
Out of the 19 member states, 17 were represented, with two observer states also in attendance,<br />
namely Mauritius and Seychelles.<br />
The Guest of Honour, Lucia Ipumbu, Deputy Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development<br />
of the Republic of Namibia, addressed the Council and officially opened the 43rd Session of the<br />
Administrative Council.<br />
Based in South <strong>Africa</strong>, <strong>Adams</strong> & <strong>Adams</strong> works with ARIPO via our Mozambique office. We have<br />
been operating in this way since 2009 and are currently one of the largest users of the ARIPO<br />
patent system.<br />
10 | AFRICA UPDATE <strong>2020</strong>
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