New Djibouti IP law up-and-running

In February 20090, Darren reported on this weblog that Djibouti had passed a new Intellectual Property Law. Afro Leo now learns that this new IP law finally came into effect on 9 June 2012; he understands that the Patent and Trade Mark Office is now operational and that it is accepting new applications.

Source: NJQ and Associates Newsletter, July 2012

For more about Djibouti, see Kingsley's A to Z feature here.