All trademark news that you might have missed last month in one convenient overview. Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter. TIPO publishes Taiwan-Japan Concordance List of Similar Group Codes On 10 March 2023, the Taiwanese Intellectual Patent Office (TIPO) published the Taiwan-Japan Concordance List of Similar Group Codes corresponding…

Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter here. Albanian IP Office implements CP9 The General Directorate of Industrial Property (GDIP) of the Republic of Albania has implemented the European Union’s Common Practice CP9 (Distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements when the shape is not distinctive…

Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter here. OAPI accedes to Geneva Act of Lisbon Agreement On 15 December 2022, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) joined the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (Geneva Act) by depositing its instrument of accession with…

Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter here. Cape Verde implements Harare, Banjul Protocols On 14 October 2022, the Harare Protocol and the Banjul Protocol came into effect in The Republic of Cape Verde, thus it became the 20th contracting State of the Harare Protocol and the 13th contracting State…

Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter here. Angolan trademark registration certificates for medicines to bear disclaimer Recently, the Angolan Institute of Industrial Property (IAPI) issued Notice 9/2022, which mandates all trademark registration certificates for pharmaceutical products in class 5 to carry a disclaimer that the certificate does not grant…