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Protecting improvements / modifications to your invention: Patents of addition

To be an inventor does not always mean that you come up with novel inventions but it often also encompasses a continuous search to add to, improve or modify existing inventions. It often happens that patent prosecution results in protection of specific aspects of …

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by Fredo Ströh, Izaan Kuschke and Pieter Lombard

Seychelles to become a contracting state to ARIPO

In a recent decision, the Cabinet of Ministers approved Seychelles’ membership to the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) through the accession of Seychelles to the Harare protocol. The Harare protocol provides for the protection of…

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by Magdalien van der Westhuizen

African patent options: Roads less travelled

Africa, the world’s second largest continent, is home to some of the fastest-growing economies. It has over 50 countries, each with its own set of...

by Magdalien van der Westhuizen

New expedited/delayed examination provisions in ARIPO

Effective from 1 January 2018, expedited/delayed examination may be requested for ARIPO applications. ARIPO (The Administrative Council of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization) has...

by Christina Louw