Mauritius:
Mauritius Accedes To The Lusaka Agreement Becoming The 20th ARIPO Member State
01 October 2020
Adams & Adams
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On 25 September 2020, the Republic of Mauritius deposited its
Instrument of Accession to the Lusaka Agreement with the Director
General of ARIPO.
The accession of Mauritius brings the total number of states who
have acceded to the Lusaka Agreement to twenty. Whilst Mauritius is
now a full member of ARIPO it has not yet acceded to the
Harare or Banjul Protocols and therefore cannot be designated in
patent, trade mark or design applications filed via the ARIPO
system.
Although Mauritius recently amended its IP laws by the passing
into law of the Industrial Property Act of 2019, the new Act does
not have any provisions recognising IP rights granted via the ARIPO
system. It will therefore be necessary for lawmakers in Mauritius
to amend the 2019 Act to recognise its obligations, if and when it
accedes to the Harare or Banjul Protocols.
Due to its stable economy and the top ranked spot in Africa, as
the best place to do business (World Bank Ease of Doing Business
Report 2020), Mauritius remains an important jurisdiction.
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