Final Draft Namibia Industrial Property Bill

Final Draft Namibia Industrial Property Bill

By Darren Olivier   Thursday, January 08, 2009   No comments:

The Final Draft Namibia Industrial Property Bill has been circulated. We understand that the intention is to finalise the draft by mid January so that it is one of the first bills to be tabled in Parliament in early February. Thank you to Hanno Bossau and Gaelyn Scott for drawing this to our attention.

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Namibia Industrial Property Draft Bill - update

Namibia Industrial Property Draft Bill - update

By Darren Olivier   Friday, August 22, 2008   No comments:

Fellow blogger Paul Asiimwe reported that Brigitte Weidlich of The Namibian had stated that the long-awaited bill to protect industrial patents, trademarks and industrial designs in Namibia was in its final stage and might head to Parliament before the end of this year, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Readers may recall that the Bill was circulated for comment by the SAIIPL and the Afro-Leo has heard nothing further. Those who took part in the discussion on the Bill would have recalled that a number of queries and comments had been raised. Afro-IP also received a number of requests for copies of the Bill by interested parties and was asked to put forward comments to the relevant SAIIPL committee. If anyone can enlighten this blog, either as to the progress of the Bill or the attitude toward the comments, we would be most grateful.

In the meantime, this blogger attended the Adams and Adams centenary function last night at the "Palace of Justice" in Pretoria last night, which was a wonderful occasion to meet who's who in the local RSA profession and hear some good speeches. It is refreshing to note that despite the competitive tensions between firms, the centenary was exceptionally well supported by rival firms, which is a credit to both the profession and also, the centurions. One memorable conversation involved a lively discussion on the pros and cons of compulsory sabbaticals for partners of firms. Perhaps an idea for Afro-Ip's second poll? Congratulations to the centurions, again!

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Namibia Industrial Property Draft Bill - discussion sessions invite 15 and 17 April

Namibia Industrial Property Draft Bill - discussion sessions invite 15 and 17 April

By Darren Olivier   Friday, April 11, 2008   No comments:

Following on from an earlier post about the publication of the draft Namibia Industrial Property Bill, there were a number of people who emailed me asking for a copy. In order to facilitate the distribution of the draft Bill, Bowman Gilfillan have kindly agreed to host it on their website so that I could post the link here.

This blogger will also be involved in a number of discussions with colleagues concerning the draft Bill - for example, a rose grower wanted to know if the Bill made provision for plant breeders rights, which it does not appear to do.

The SAIIPL were hoping to get comments by the end of the month and if you would like to add yours to that list, please let me know here. In addition, if you wanted to take part in the discussions (which will take place on 15 April (Patents) and 17 April (Trade Marks and general)) I am happy to arrange to patch you in by conference call or if you are in the vicinity you are welcome to join in. If you are interested in joining us by call or in person please make it clear in your email. The sessions will be an hour long each starting at 16h00 GMT+2

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