The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) is a global phenomenon that has taken over every aspect of life. AI is the possibility and capability of computer systems to perform human-designed tasks ...

Victory for DABUS? Following the South Africa patent decision, a member of the team behind the filings, Professor Adrian Hilton, director of the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, said ...

Acting against counterfeiting manufacturers and distributors can be highly challenging and, in such a scenario, Kenya has been outstandingly proactive in combating this scourge. Most notably it has (i ...

1. Introduction The emergence of Artificial Intelligence has sparked significant changes across various sectors, including in the field of patent law. The ability of AI systems to develop new ...

Introduction This study aims to provide an approach of the topics followed by a patent examiner when a patent application is processed by a Patent Office during the substantive examination phase, in ...

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<p>When it comes to patenting inventions in Africa, apart from direct filings in the country of interest using the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Paris Convention for the Protection ...

Um novo Código de Propriedade Industrial já entrou em vigor em Moçambique - do dia 31 de Março de 2016. Este novo código (doravante, o novo IPC) foi aprovado no dia 31 de Dezembro de 2015 pelo ...

In March 1977 the Bangui Agreement (hereinafter, also referred to as “Agreement”) created OAPI, the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (African Organization of Intellectual Property ...

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<p>The design of a product can be protected by an intellectual property right through a registration before an intellectual property office. In this article, it will be compared the design systems of ...

On 14 February 2024, the Libyan Ministry of Economy and Trade announced important changes to the trademark registration procedures, which will be enforced starting 1 May 2024. The new regulations ...