Uganda to join ARIPO

The existing five countries that have acceded to the Banjul Trade Marks Protocol are Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland and Mozambique. All these countries are in the process of amending their domestic laws to comply with the TRIPS Agreement. The domestic laws do not yet give recognition to the Banjul Protocol and they therefore do not make provision for infringement based on an ARIPO registration.

It is apparently expected that all the countries would have amended their domestic laws by 1 January 2006. We shall update the information as and when it becomes available.