Significant changes at the OAPI
Some significant changes will be taking place at the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI), the IP regional organization for mostly Francophone West African countries. This follows the upcoming
World Trademark Review 2020
We are pleased to share that CEW & IPvocate has been recognised by the World Trademark Review 2020 as ‘leading the fight against counterfeiters and infringers’ and recommended for
Trade mark renewal grace period
Have you forgotten to renew your trade mark registration in Rwanda? If yes, it is not too late to act. A grace period of ten months ending 13
WIPR LEADERS 2020
We are pleased to announce that Marius Schneider is named in the 2020 edition of WIPR leaders profiling the leading IP practitioners from around the world. All leaders
Marius Schneider to serve on INTA Committee
IPvocate Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of our founder and director Marius Schneider to the INTA Anticounterfeiting Committee for the 2020-2021 term. INTA is a global
It’s a win in Ethiopia!
IPvocate Africa is proud to announce that we have won a trade mark opposition adjudicated by the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office. The Intellectual Property Office sided with our
From 2.5% to 3.3%, counterfeit and pirated goods are on the rise
The newly released OECD – EUIPO report “Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods” based on 2016 figures estimates that the international trade in counterfeit and pirated products
Innovation and IP at the heart of INTA MEA Conference
Marius Schneider and Nora Ho Tu Nam from IPvocate Africa were invited to speak at the INTA Middle East and Africa Conference which took place in Dubai in
A successful Africa panel at INTA in Seattle
Marius Schneider had the great honour to present on the Africa panel under the chair of Vanessa Ferguson, together with Karen Kitchen, Vanessa Halle and Sandra Wens at
Parallel importation in Mauritius
Surishta Chetamun and Marius Schneider of IPvocate Africa have in June 2018 co-authored an article on national exhaustion in Mauritius for the Journal of Intellectual Law & Practice