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New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
- For 2014, the flagship program was the “ARIPO Roving Seminars” aiming at creating awareness on IP and ARIPO activities. The Roving Seminars which were held in Gambia, Liberia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Swaziland benefited 655 participants. The Roving Seminars undertaken by the ARIPO officials in the member States included technical missions to the IP Offices.
With regard to trademark applications, the trend is also positive with the numbers increasing steadily as illustrated
An MoU was signed with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
Main areas of trademark information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
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- With regard to trademark applications, the numbers increased
- The five most designated states for trademarks in 2014 and since the inception of the system are: Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana and Uganda.
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
- Website: www.aripo.org
- Face book account under African Regional Intellectual Property Organization
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
- To ensure compliance with the ARIPO trade mark procedures, two national roving seminars under the theme "making better use of intellectual property for business competitiveness and development in Africa" were held as follows:
- Swaziland from March 24 to 28; Liberia from April 28 to May 2.
- Running concurrently with the Roving Seminars were technical missions to the IP Offices as follows:
- The Intellectual Property Office of The Kingdom of Swaziland from March 27 to 28, Mbabane, Swaziland;
- The Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) from April 28 to May 2, Monrovia, Liberia;
- The objectives of these technical missions were various and included to conduct practical training on processing of ARIPO applications (receipt, transmittal, filling in applications, notifications) under the Banjul Protocols; discussing challenges faced by the office in processing ARIPO applications in general and those applications designating the Member State with the responsible officers
- A brochure titled, "Procedure for filing an application for registration of a mark at the ARIPO Office is distributed to users.
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
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Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.
- The ARIPO Journal is published monthly and is available in print and in electronic format
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
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