Member State Laws

BOTSWANA
1st Schedule Relating to Forms and Fees
BOTSWANA COPYRIGHT ACT
Companies IP Authority Act 2011
Competition Act 2009
Industrial Property Act (Date of Commencement) Order, 2012
Industrial Property Act 2010
Industrial Property Regulations, 2012
National competition policy
The Constitution of Botswana
Economic Contribution of the Copyright Industries in Botswana
BOTSWANA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY 2022
Eswatini
Ghana
Economic Plants Protection 1979
Copyright Act 2005
Geographical Indications Act 2003
Industrial Designs Act 2003
Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act, 2004
Patent Act 2003
Protection against unfair competition act, 2000
Seeds Act 1972
The Constitution of Ghana
Trademark Regulation 1970
Trademark Regulation 1972
Trademarks Act 2004
National Intellectual Policy and Strategy
Kenya
The Environmental Management and Coordination Regulations, 2006
2007 Guideline for the examination of Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs
The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1995
The Copyright Act 2001
Kenya Industrial Property Act 2001
The Competition Act 2010
The Constitution of Kenya
The Industrial Property Regulation 2002
The Seed and Plant Varieties Regulations
The Seed and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Act 2012
The Seeds and Plant Breeders Right 1994
The Trademarks (Amendment) Act 1994
The Trademarks (Amendment) Act 1984
The National Policy on Traditional Knowledge 2009
ANTI-COUNTERFEIT ACT
Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions Act
COPYRIGHT ACT NO. 12 OF 2001
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT NO. 3 OF 2001
Kingdom of Lesotho
Copyright Regulations, 2015
THE CONSTITUTION OF LESOTHO
Copyright Order, 1989
Industrial Property Act, 1989
Industrial Property Order, 1989
Liberia
The Constitution of Liberia
Intellectual Property Act 2016
Malawi
Competition and fair trading
Copyright Act 2016
Patents (Agent's Fees) Regulations
Patents Act
Registered Design Act
Seeds Act 1996 (Amended)
The Constitution of Malawi
Trade Description 1987
Trademarks Act, 2018
Plant Protection Act
Plant Breeder's rights
Namibia
Companies Act 2004
Companies Amendment Act 2007
Competition Act 2003
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 1994
Industrial Property Act 2012
Patents, Designs, Trademark and Copyright Act 1916
Promulgation of Competition Act 2003
The Constitution of Namibia
The Lusaka Agreement on the Creation of the Organization 2016
Trademark in South Western African Act 1973
Industrial Property Act, 2012 (Act 1 of 2012)
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994
BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AUTHORITY ACT, 2016
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
Rwanda
Law 31.2009_Protection of Intellectual Property
MO on fees for registration of IP
The Constitution of Rwanda
The Lusaka Agreement on the Creation of the Organization 2016
Official Gazette nᵒ 33 of 15/08/2016
Official Gazette n° Special of 20/04/2016
Sao Tome and Principe
Copyright and Related Rights Code
Copyright and Related Rights Code 1972
Industrial Property Regulation 2004
Intellectual Property Code
Intellectual Property Law 2001
The Constitution of Sao Tome and Principe
Sierra Leone
Constitution of Sierra Leone
The companies act 2009
The Copyright Act 2011
The patent and industrial design Act 2012
Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLV, No. 53
Somalia
The Constitution of Somalia
Sudan
Copyright Act (Arabic Version)
Design Act 1974
Patent law 1971
Patent regulation 1981
Sudan Constitution (amendment) 2015
The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Protection) and Literal and Artistic Works Act 2013
The Interime Constitution of Sudan
Trademark Act 1969
Uganda
The Industrial Property Act 2014
The Constitution of Uganda
The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2006
The National Environment Regulations 2005
The Patents (Amendment) Act 2002
The Trade Secrets Protection Act 2009
The Trademark Act 2010
ACTS SUPPLEMENT No.5
Zambia
Constitution of Zambia (Amendment), 2016-Act No. 2_0
Copyright and Performance Act 1994
Merchandise Marks Act 1994
Plant Variety Seeds Act 1995
Protection of Names Uniforms and Badges Act 1994
Registered Designs Act 1994
Registered Designs Act Amendment 1987
Registered Designs Amendment 1980
Registration of Business Names Act 1965
Science Technology Act 1997
The Industrial Designs Act, 2016
The Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act, 2016
The Lusaka Agreement on the Creation of the Organization 2016
The Patents Act 1965
The Patents Act Amendment 1980
The Patents Act Amendment 1987
The Patents Act, 2016
The Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Expressions of Folklore Act, 2016
TradeMarks Act 1994
TradeMarks Act Amendment 1980
Copyright and Performance Rights (Amendment) 2010
Zambia's Constitution of 1991 (Amendments through 2009)
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 2023
Zimbabwe
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2004
Industrial Designs Act 2001
Integrated Circuit Layout Design Act 2001
IP Tribunal Act 2001
Merchandise Marks Act 2001
Patents Act 2002
Plant Breeders Rights Act 2001
The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Act 2013
TradeMark Act 2001
TradeMark Amendment Act 2001
TRADE MARKS ACT
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act
Intellectual Property Tribunal Act, 2001
Mozambique
Constitution of Mozambique
Bulletin of the Republic of Mozambique - Issue No. 104/2015
Industrial Property Code 2015
Intelectual Property Strategy 2008-2018
Copyright Act 2001
Regulation on the criteria for granting the Right to use the Mark
PUBLICACAO OFICIAL DA REPUBLICA DE MOCAMBIQUE
The Gambia
Gambia (The)'s Constitution of 1996 with Amendments through 2018
Industrial Property {Amendment) Act, 2015
THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT 12 of 1989
COPYRIGHT ACT, 2004
Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy of The Gambia
Tanzania
THE COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS ACT, (CAP. 218)
THE COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS ACT, 1999
The Zanzibar Industrial Property Regulations Arrangement Of Regulations
Plant Breeder's rights Registry Act N0.1 of 2014
Act Supplement
The Zanzibar Industrial Property Act No. 4 of 2008
The Copyright Act, 2003
THE PATENTS (REGISTRATION) ACT
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA OF 1977
The Trade And Service Marks Act, 1986
Seychelles
Copyright Act, 2014
Industrial Property Act, 2014
Industrial Property (Act 7 of 2014)
CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT ACT, 2011
Industrial Property Act, 2014
Industrial Property Act, 2014 (S.I 90 of 2014)
Industrial Property Act, 2014 (S.I 87 of 2014)
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY (ACT 7 of 2014)
COPYRIGHT ACT, 2014 (Act 5 of 2014)
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
Mauritius
THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT 2019
The Consumer Protection (Consumer Goods) (Maximum Mark-Up) Regulations 1998
Copyright (Fees) Regulations 2020
THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT 2019
THE COPYRIGHT ACT 2014
THE CONSTITUTION
The Protection against Unfair Practices (Industrial Property Rights) Act 2002
Kingdom of Eswatini
THE PATENTS ACT, 2018
THE COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS ACT, 2018
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1981
THE SEEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES ACT, 2000
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1981
Cabo Verde
Boletim Oficial
Boletim Oficial 2
Decree­Law No.1/2009 of April 27
Regulation No. 25/2010, of May 24
Legislative Decree No. 4/2007 of August 20
152 SERIES I – NO. 12 “OFFICIAL JOURNAL” OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE
CONSTITUIÇÃO DA REPÚBLICA DE CABO VERDE
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CABO VERDE