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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

  • Amendments to the Banjul Protocol in order to improve.

Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes

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  • IP awareness campaigns though public lectures at Harare Institute of Technology, National University of Science and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology
  • ARIPO participated and gave a lecture at the First Research and Intellectual EXPO from September 3 to 6, Harare, Zimbabwe

Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

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International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)

  • Trademark information is published in the ARIPO Journal and on CD-ROMs for distribution to Member States and Cooperating partners.

Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to trademark information

  • ARIPO participated and exhibited at the 136th Annual Meeting of INTA, from May 10 to 14, in Hong Kong, China
  • Canada Africa Business Summit from September 15 to 18, Toronto, Canada

  • The World Intellectual Property Congress of AIPPI from September 14 to 17, Toronto, Canada

  •  Meetings at the Office for the Harmonization of Internal Market (OHIM)
  • Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF 2014) from April 22 to 26, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Assistance to developing countries

  • In the form of training of Trademark agents on the ARIPO procedures
  • Scholarship to study for the Masters in Intellectual Property Degree at Africa University in Zimbabwe

Other activities

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

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