http://www.lysaght.co.uk/ Lysaght & Co. RSS News Feed http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=131 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=131 For many decades, we have been able to file patent and trade mark applications directly at the Cayman Islands Registry. However, with the introduction of a new Patents and Trade Marks Law 2011 which ... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=130 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=130 As we have previously reported, a new bill for the protection of intellectual property was passed in the Republic of Djibouti on 27 January 2009. As indicated at that time, the Djibouti Office of Ind... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=128 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=128 We are pleased to announce the transformation of our OAPI (Cameroon) office 'Cabinet Ekeme' into 'Ekeme Lysaght SARL'. This new name reflects the ongoing partnership between Lysaght &... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=129 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=129 We have just learnt that a new Patents Order, 2011 (S57/2011) has come into force in Brunei Darussalam, with effect from 1 January 2012. This legislation repeals the previous patent leg... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=127 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=127 We refer to our correspondence over recent months regarding the requirement to pay annuities in respect of all pending patent applications and granted patents in Dominica, following the announcement b... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=126 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=126 We have just learnt that the Libyan Patent Office has resumed its operations after a nine-month period of closure. All deadlines which fell due during this period of closure were extended until the P... Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=125 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=125 The official country name of the former Libyan Arab Republic (also known as the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) has been changed to 'Libya'. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code for ... Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=124 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=124 We have just learnt that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore ('IPOS') has adjusted the official fees relating to patents, trade marks and designs. The new fees will take effect from 1... Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=123 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=123 As previously advised, a recent change in policy by the Angolan Patent Office has resulted in the due dates for the payment of annuities now being calculated from the international filing date, rather... Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=120 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=120 The Turks & Caicos Islands introduced a new Trade Marks Ordinance in October 2007 which made provision for the payment of an annual maintenance fee for all trade marks. We have recently been advised ... Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=121 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=121 The trade mark law of Puerto Rico has been amended. Although the new regulations entered into force with effect from 12 July 2011, the Governor of Puerto Rico has only recently announced the amendmen... Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=122 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=122 We have recently learnt that, following a change in policy by the Angolan Patent Office, the due dates for the payment of patent annuities are now calculated from the international filing date, rather... Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=119 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=119 As previously reported, the Montenegrin Intellectual Property (IP) Office was inaugurated on 28 May 2008. Please refer to our previous articles on this website for further details. The below discuss... Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=117 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=117 Further to our earlier article in which we announced that the Kosovo Assembly has recently approved three new laws in the field of industrial property, we now write to provide further details of these... Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=118 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=118 The Republic of South Sudan was established on 9 July 2011, following a referendum approving independence from Sudan. Existing Sudanese trade mark registrations ceased to have effect in the new juris... Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=116 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=116 As you may be aware, the jurisdiction of the Netherlands Antilles split into three separate jurisdictions on 10 October 2010. Existing Netherlands Antilles trade mark registrations remain in force aut... Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=115 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=115 As previously announced, a new Burundi Intellectual Property law was enacted on 28 July 2009 which has provided much needed modernisation of the law. In the absence of implementing regulations, howeve... Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=114 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=114 The Kosovo Assembly has recently approved three new laws in the field of industrial property: - The Law on Trademarks No. 04/L-026 was approved by the Kosovo Parliament on 29 July 2011 and promulg... Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=113 http://www.lysaght.co.uk/news_item.php?ID=113 The Republic of Rwanda has become the latest African country to join the regional designation of ARIPO, by depositing its Instrument of Accession to ARIPO on 24 June 2011. The Harare Protocol on pate... Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0200