Africa trademark registration services Expert – Attorney Mkama M. Kalebu
I am Mkama M. Kalebu, managing Darstate Attorneys, an experienced intellectual property and corporate lawyer with extensive experience in regulatory, transactional, enforcement, and advisory projects, serving clients including multinational corporations, listed companies, and government regulatory agencies. I have been providing consulting on intellectual property enforcement to individuals, businesses, and companies regarding civil and administrative procedures and measures, interim measures, and special requirements related to border measures and criminal proceedings. We manage intellectual property portfolios in Tanzania, Zanzibar, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), and all African countries. We manage client cases before courts and arbitration panels; provide legal advice to domestic and international businesses on various aspects of their operations, such as local content requirements, employment matters, corporate management, and assistance in establishing business presence in Tanzania and Zanzibar.
Regarding Africa trademark registration services
We are registered agents of ARIPO, collaborating with the China Trademark Agency Alliance, to provide African trademark registration services for companies and individuals from China and other countries who need to register trademarks in Africa. We are pleased to offer African trademark registration services in Tanzania, Zanzibar, South Africa, and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), as well as in Botswana, Cape Verde, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Of course! To register trademarks in Africa involves various national and regional intellectual property systems. The best method is to use a regional system, as it reduces costs. There are regional systems
ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Organization):
covers African English-speaking countries. Only 13 member states can be designated (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia).
Provide a centralized registration system, allowing for protection in multiple member states through a single application.
OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization):
Covers French-speaking African countries.
A single registration provides protection in all OAPI member states.
We can only submit applications through ARIPO because we are the agents.
Africa Trademark Registration Process
- Submit a single application designating member states.
- Examination and publication follow.
- Timeline typically 12-15 months, subject to opposition.
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Africa trademark registration Pricing Overview
Kindly, the approximate cost of filing one trade mark in one class, designating 13 member states (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.), claiming priority, advertisement and registration plus issuance of trademark certificate but excluding responding to Trade Mark Office or ARIPO Office actions and objections, and contesting oppositions by third parties, is US$ 2630 the breakdown of which is as follows:
| Professional Fees | USD | ||
| i | Filing an application for one mark in 1 class , claiming priority, advertisement and registration plus issuance of trademark certificate but excluding responding to Trade Mark Office or ARIPO Office actions and objections, and contesting oppositions by third parties | $ 600.00 | |
| Official Charges: | |||
| Application fee in ARIPO (US $80 per 1 application) (US $80 per 1 application) | $ 80.00 | ||
| Designation fee for one mark in one class Per 13 States (US $50 per 1 State) (US $50 Per 13 States)In each additional classes per 13 states ($10 per every additional class per 1 state) | $ 650.00 | ||
| Registration fee in one class per 13 states (US $100 per 1 State) In each additional class per 13 states $ 50.00 per 1 states | $ 1300.00 | ||
| Total Amount: | $ 2630 |
Please note that the figures given above are based on the assumption that only 13 states are designated per application, as practically only these can be designated. The state designation fee will vary depending on the number of states designated.
N.B we can also file trademakr in individual African country. Please let us know if you are interested in this system.
Should any further clarification be required, please take our word that we are, & would like to remain at your disposal.