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17 Feb 2013, 3:53 pm
This Leo has learned that the representatives of African Civil Society Organizations and Networks under the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), have expressed concerns about the climate change negotiations in Doha last year (COP18/CMP8) and its implications for African countries. [read post]
1 Dec 2013, 10:22 pm
The first issue of South African Intellectual Property Law Journal (IPLJ) edited by Lee-Ann Tong and Caroline Ncube (this Leo) is now in print.The IPLJ strives to be the journal of choice for academics, practitioners and students of IP law. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 10:19 am
[Little Leo says perhaps a very adventurous student could use the nice side-by-side Amharic/English trademark law and regulations to learn Amharic.] [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 11:21 am
Kaylan Kankanala's first novel Road Humps and Sidewalks was well-received (see a review by this Leo here). [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 12:39 am
Thanks to a post over at IPKat (here) which alerted this Leo to the approval of a new leadership team at WIPO to work with DG Gurry after he begins his new term on 1 October. [read post]
3 Feb 2013, 10:00 pm
This Leo is back inland and finds himself in a landlocked country where there is still no designated website for the Department of Registrar General (Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs). [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 1:34 am
This Leo, like many around her, was watching, but with her intellectual property (IP) glasses on. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:57 am
[This Leo finds that innovators are frequently surprised to learn that patents from Developed Countries are available online for free, and that they are supposed to thoroughly describe the state of the art at the time of publication.] [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:44 am
As usual, this Leo had a thing or two (or more) to say about this development. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 9:09 pm
"The African region is definitely of interest as we continue to look for and source deals from traditionally underrepresented ecosystems," said 500 Startups founding partner Dave McClure.Afro Leo thinks this is inspiring:“the future is for geeks”, “have you ever seen a lion need glasses” “have you ever heard of a lion seeing through glasses”Welcome to Africa! [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 1:56 am
As this Leo reported here, national offices have sought technical assistance from WIPO on many occasions. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 3:44 pm
This Leo attended the consumer law panel where interesting questions were posed about how consumer protection legislation may protect consumers of copyright works. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 9:22 pm
(Afro Leo says check here for background.)The topic of his lecture was “Deprivation of Trade Marks through State Interference”. [read post]
11 May 2022, 4:46 am
And now shared with you, with love.Afro Leo [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 8:00 am
While signing the Marrakesh Treaty is a welcome development for Nigeria, this Leo cannot help but feel that given the above-mentioned antecedents, the ratification and implementation of this Treaty may not happen as swiftly and as effectively as the DG of the NCC has promised. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 2:30 pm
Over on the Afro-IP weblog, Afro Leo has reminded us that Morocco has updated its domestic IP laws. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 11:15 pm
Over on Afro-IP, Kingsley Egbuonu considers the latest efforts of the European Commission to promote geographical protection in Africa while Afro Leo contemplates a forthcoming pitched battle between South Africa and Big Pharma that could inflict heavy casualties on both sides. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 9:24 pm
The article quotes from WHO stats that in some countries in Africa between 30%-50% of all prescription and over-the-counter medicines sold to consumers are counterfeits, often leading to death.Afro Leo appreciates that Merck and other pharma companies spend a lot on anti-counterfeiting initiatives and that the Minilab project is just one of many, but it is still worth noting that the cost of the drug testing facility used to preserve the integrity of the Olympics 2012, a single… [read post]
29 Jun 2014, 11:59 pm
This is the second time in recent years that an HCU defence has failed on this basis – see the ABEDEX decision reported by fellow Leo Darren Olivier and Katherine Harding here. [read post]
20 Oct 2013, 6:04 am
Why, then, has this Leo never heard of a CMO for software developers? [read post]
