Designation of Liberia in ARIPO applications
24/03/2010
Liberia acceded to the Harare Protocol by depositing its instrument of accession on 24 December 2009. Accordingly, as of today i.e. 24 March 2010 it is possible to designate Liberia as a designated state in an ARIPO application. This brings to 16 the number of states which can be designated in an ARIPO patent application.
The current member states are as follows:
| Botswana |
Gambia |
Ghana |
Kenya |
| Lesotho |
Liberia |
Malawi |
Mozambique |
| Namibia |
Sierra Leone |
Sudan |
Swaziland |
| Tanzania |
Uganda |
Zambia |
Zimbabwe |
For further information on patent filings in ARIPO or any other African countries please contact Nicky Garnett, Head of the Africa Patent Department at (nickyg@adamsadams.co.za) "
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 Nicky Garnett
Head of Africa Patents
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 432 6261
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