Marius Schneider & Nora Ho Tu Nam, IPvocate Africa Legal Advisers have informed Afro-Dodo that the Republic of Mauritius is now the twentieth
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) member state.
Mauritius deposited its instrument of accession to the Lusaka
Agreement which establishes ARIPO on 25 September 2020. Mauritius has
however not acceded to the relevant protocols related to patent, trade mark or
design. It is not possible to designate Mauritius via an ARIPO application. "We
have not heard anything locally on the future accession of Mauritius to the relevant
protocols related to patent, trade mark or design. It is therefore difficult to
predict whether accession to these protocols is on the cards in the near future for
Mauritius."
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