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March 2024
13:  
Van's Aircraft let down by its IP Policies as well


July 2023
30:  
A freedom to operate, sustainably.


March 2023
19:  
South Africa's Eastern Cape hots up in latest passing off decision


November 2022
11:  
2022 Crammer® Recordings - content for you!


May 2022
11:  
The art of sharing: 10 tips for writing blog posts and newsletters


March 2022
17:  
South Africa: Not so good for the SOUL


November 2021
9:  
Six Steps for Value Creation in Heritage Brands


September 2021
15:  
SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH COURT STILL NOT QUITE GETTING IT RIGHT


April 2021
16:  
World IP Day 2021 Free Workshop Event - IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to market

1:  
Afro-IP is looking for you!

1:  
Mauritian Lead Public Private Educational Targets Counterfeits in South East Africa


March 2021
30:  
Scholarly Horizons - a new resource for all things copyright and more

30:  
Mauritius joins ARIPO

18:  
INTA Webcast Series: Enforcement of IP Rights in Africa

17:  
SOUTH AFRICA: CIGARETTE BRAND OWNERS OCEANS APART?


September 2020
10:  
In the world of COVID-19, has the value of the Intellectual Property become an afterthought? Guest Post

10:  
OUP event: Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa


June 2020
21:  
Copyright reforms likely unconstitutional says SA President in major decision

10:  
Afro-IP chats to authors of Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa on Afro-Live

6:  
A Lockdown Poem by Kelly Thompson

5:  
South Africa: More than 80 academics, researchers and teachers call on President to fix the patent laws

5:  
Protect yourself with proper PPE

4:  
Africa and counterfeit pharmaceuticals in the time of COVID-19


May 2020
20:  
INTA's 2020 Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting Goes Virtual


April 2020
21:  
AFRO-LIVE delivers insights from Nairobi, Lagos and Cape Town

17:  
CovidFighter: an innovation assessment

14:  
Pay a little more, hurt a little less - Sale of counterfeit goods highlighted by social activist

9:  
Covid Predicting - To Boldly Go Where You Have Not Been Before.

6:  
Afro-IP's podcasts launched on Afro-Live with the CCC Series

5:  
Africa Mourns A Pioneer: Mr. Esteriano Mahingila

3:  
It's money for IP: Fee increases and WIPO's budget for Nigeria Office

2:  
DTI and DSI instructed to work together on Traditional Knowledge solution


March 2020
31:  
ARB moving steadily along

14:  
COVID-19 concerns takes INTA 2020 into November


February 2020
13:  
Cupid or Stupid: Careful this Valentine's Day


January 2020
19:  
Book Launch 12 February for Multi-SIded Music Platforms and the Law


November 2019
29:  
Lions square up in fight for territory

29:  
Khoi and San communities to benefit from rooibos products

29:  
Mauritius’s new Industrial Property Act: Mr Marius Schneider explains.

29:  
Questions and answers surrounding the Copyright Amendment Bill

27:  
Updates for Egypt, Uganda, Zambia, Rwanda, Tunisia and Mauritius

27:  
The Copyright Amendment Bill- A bid to save the poor?

27:  
November Update: CAB

6:  
African universities and their role in innovation


October 2019
11:  
Cannabis, IP and Africa – 10 things to know


September 2019
4:  
UJ's Annual Treat: 24 October - Don't Miss It!


August 2019
22:  
Diversity and Inclusion in IP: South Africa's opportunity

20:  
Resources on the CAB debate: all the links you need!

12:  
The Copyright Amendment Bill: Where to from Here? Aluta Continua!

12:  
Decolonising Copyright: Building our Creative and Information Economy

12:  
Critics of South Africa's Copyright Amendment Bill Gather

6:  
Re-Create's Seminar on the Copyright Amendment Bill

1:  
The Copyright Amendment Bill: Where are we now?

1:  
Expectations ahead of 'On a Knife's Edge'


July 2019
22:  
South Africa's Copyright Bill - taking the debate forward

18:  
Thoughts on INTA's Gen Z Insights: Brands and Counterfeit Products [Nigeria Country Report]

11:  
Nigeria: Copyright Progress

11:  
South Africa: Notice of Fee Increase

4:  
Laguiole ought to sharpen up - by Natacha Rey


June 2019
21:  
Register for the IP Researchers' Conference (South Africa) - The IP and IT Innovation Interface


April 2019
21:  
Join LES in Cape Town on World IP Day

12:  
The Acute IP Information Gap in South Africa


February 2019
27:  
Uganda’s Movie Collecting Society to be disbanded

5:  
Congrats to our own Leo, a new IPKat


January 2019
30:  
Read all about it! IP Briefs latest

29:  
Update: Brexit implications for Africa

24:  
A trip around Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) and its governance issues

15:  
New year, new (blog) kid on the block - AfronomicsLaw


December 2018
5:  
'Hakuna Matata'? You're missing the point.

3:  
Can a foreign professional institution successfully maintain an action for passing off of its name and grades in Nigeria?


November 2018
10:  
INVITATION: Commercial Private International Law in India and South Africa – A Shared Future in BRICS

5:  
Intellectual Property (IP) and the proposed re-enactment of the Companies and Allied Matters Act in Nigeria


October 2018
17:  
Curiosities in Kenya's TK law

11:  
Intellectual property and crime: The Nigerian Copyright Commission files criminal charges against a music collecting society

2:  
Breaking News: ASA goes into liquidation in South Africa


September 2018
26:  
UK Guides on a no-deal Brexit - Africa Impact

22:  
ARIPO forges ahead with Regional Database

22:  
Regional Novelty in ARIPO. Wait.... What??!

6:  
Save the Buildings!! Or, How to Avoid Demolition?


August 2018
29:  
Another questionable Ad Campaign from KFC

28:  
THE LOUBOUTIN RED SOLE DISPUTE COMES TO A RATIONAL CONCLUSION

9:  
TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT IN NIGERIA: WHAT IS 'USE IN THE COURSE OF TRADE'?

8:  
SA IP Conference 14-15 August Emperor's Palace


July 2018
28:  
Time for a sui generis technology importation right?

4:  
The Regulator v The Regulated: Governance Issues of Nigerian music collecting society, COSON continues

4:  
Nuances of Patents and TK


June 2018
25:  
Celebrating(?) patents, by the numbers

22:  
No monkey business “The Evolving IP and IT Landscapes” by AIPLITL

4:  
“I SEE A BOAT ON A RIVER” - THE COPYING OF VEHICULAR SHAPES


May 2018
16:  
Infighting at Nigeria’s main collecting society raises CMO governance issues

9:  
Guest Post: Taking Admiration too far?

8:  
AI, specialisation & copyright: Graeme Gilfillan comments

4:  
The Zulu Challenge

2:  
Guest Post: Artificial Intelligence - The African Opportunity


April 2018
24:  
Swaziland rebrands: Siyingaba


March 2018
23:  
IP, PAIPO and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement

21:  
You are invited: The Public Interest in Intellectual Property Law

21:  
IP on a Wim - UJ IP Seminar Feedback & Request to Speakers

21:  
How to encourage Innovation?

5:  
MULTICHOICE v MCSN: NO CMO LICENCE REQUIRED FOR AN EXCLUSIVE ASSIGNEE OF COPYRIGHT TO ENFORCE ITS LICENCE


February 2018
22:  
Blockchain - still a buzzword but could it save the music industry?

16:  
Calling all IP Teachers and Researchers in Africa!

7:  
SOUTH AFRICANS: 6 MARCH but be quick

2:  
Net Neutrality is dead. Long live Net Neutrality!

2:  
OFFENSIVE TRADE MARKS: WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR*  


December 2017
27:  
The practical effect of the ClearVu SCA disclaimer decision

22:  
THE CLEAR VU TRADE MARK SAGA: THE FENCING ENDS IN BLOEMFONTEIN

12:  
A SERIOUS THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM: ESTOPPEL AND TRADE MARK INFRINGEMENT

5:  
Is the ADEC Logo too close?

2:  
Has South Africa’s IP agenda been captured?


November 2017
16:  
Zimbabwe: African Resilience Shines Through

15:  
Kenyan Company Secures Music Licensing Rights to Stream Global Catalog

13:  
Roundtable turns its focus to the pharma industry and invites you

10:  
Amendments to the .ZA ADR Regulations

10:  
The Shape of a Taxi: Who is Driving Miss Daisy?

7:  
South Africa’s ASA launches funding model

2:  
Cap Tip to Cabo Verde


October 2017
20:  
Reflections on the Crammer(TM)

17:  
Ghana taking strides

13:  
LES, Herbex, NIPMO, IP Briefs, the Crammer and Kenya's Copyright developments - Friday ramblings

10:  
Hans Muhlberg and others on the Afro-IP Linkedin platform

9:  
Copyright in databases: The Philanthropic Collection v Girls & Boys Town

6:  
A Questionable Ad Campaign from KFC

6:  
Nigeria, The Gleisner Files and IP Commercialisation news

5:  
Japan ups its game for Africa IP infrastructure assistance

4:  
Two Patent Collaboration Initiatives - WIPO & IFPMA and the EPO & Africa IP Offices

2:  
UKIP's new logo: a Lion's tale


September 2017
19:  
Egypt enables e-filing system for patents

18:  
Africa’s percent and the digital future

7:  
Calling all copyright experts...


August 2017
22:  
New Legal Journal Debuts in Nigeria

13:  
First International Conference on Law and Digital Technology Explores Number of IP Issues for Africa

8:  
Dimensions of a Tour De France Sponsorship


July 2017
25:  
When Fashion Meets Mother Teresa, Louboutin, Louis Vuitton and Vilakazi Street Soweto

10:  
Circulating with SAIIPL, dotAfrica, ASA and Silverware

7:  
ASA update, Pottinger & Guptas, Ethiopia's bootleggers and the world's largest battery

4:  
The link between passing off & provenance - Guest Post

3:  
Sheer Driving Pleasure: Trade Mark Law Through The (BMW) Cases


June 2017
20:  
'Fu ck You!' it's registrable in the US

19:  
GII shows innovation momentum in Sub Saharan Africa

15:  
Protectable Interests for Franchisors - The case of the not so Perfect 10

14:  
The ASA Making Moves - An Update


May 2017
22:  
Africa Regional Update Today in Barcelona - 3pm Hall 8.0-D3

11:  
Comesa - Update on recent IP developments and their continental impact


April 2017
21:  
What you need to know about the ASA's predicament in South Africa

20:  
Looking for INTA Accommodation?

7:  
5 IP Reasons To Concentrate on Zuma - Azumi V Zuma's Choice Pet Products

5:  
.Africa Arrives Today - Own The Continent


March 2017
24:  
Geeks On A Plane touched down in Africa on Monday

17:  
GP: The ASA is here to Stay ...And BAT feels the effect of its power