We are looking to recruit a new Trade Mark Administrator. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced intellectual property administrators or graduates with an interest in this area to join our busy team. Responsibilities would include the filing and prosecution of trade mark applications, renewal of trade mark registrations, and the nurturing of relationships with agents, registries and clients around the globe. This is a busy, fast-moving role that requires a high...

Lysaght’s Managing Director, Steve Le Feuvre, has recently been appointed to the Africa Global Advisory Council of the International Trademark Association (INTA), to serve until the end of 2017. Steve has served on, and chaired, many committees during the 25 years he has been actively involved with INTA, and is currently a member of the Trademark Office Practices Committee for Africa. Amongst other tasks, the committee is busy helping to plan for INTA’s first ever Africa conference...

Steve Le Feuvre (Managing Director) and Caroline van Dijk (Consultant) are currently in Yaounde, Cameroon visiting our local office Ekeme Lysaght Sarl, and also having meetings with OAPI, local clients and associates.  Joined by Isabelle Ekeme, this morning they had the pleasure of meeting with Dr Paulin Edou Edou (Director General, OAPI). The meeting was extremely fruitful with many different subjects being discussed, and particularly focusing on provision, and enforcement, of...