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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OAPI UPDATES & NEWS<br />
OAPI Patents Filed 2009 – 2019<br />
900<br />
800<br />
700<br />
600<br />
515<br />
550 552<br />
597<br />
529 507<br />
519 531<br />
514<br />
500<br />
447 445<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019<br />
Cases granting within six months<br />
Currently, OAPI patent applications are subject only to formal examination. Consequently,<br />
patent applications can proceed to grant quickly, in some cases as early as six months<br />
from filing and without any forewarning. As such, there is limited opportunity to amend an<br />
application or file a divisional application. Therefore, a proactive approach to prosecution is<br />
required.<br />
Applicants are encouraged to consider any claim amendments or instruct the filing of<br />
divisional applications by no later than six months from the date the application is filed at the<br />
OAPI Patent Office<br />
ANGOLA<br />
Encouraging Developments at the Registry<br />
In October 2019, <strong>Adams</strong> & <strong>Adams</strong> partners, Nicky Garnett, Stephen Hollis<br />
and Elio Teixeira travelled to Luanda for a meeting with Anna Paula Bolivar,<br />
the Director General of the Instituto Angolana Propriedade Industrial (IAPI)<br />
as well as other senior registry officials. The purpose of the meeting was<br />
to discuss with IAPI concerns regarding the delays in processing patent<br />
applications in Angola and to obtain clarification on IAPI’s plans for legislative<br />
amendments and capacity building.<br />
12 | AFRICA UPDATE <strong>2020</strong>
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