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Amendments to Trademark Laws

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Apr 03, 2013 (Newsletter Issue 4/13)
Ethiopia
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Timetable for TM Re-Registration


The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) has issued a Directive confirming that all old-system cautionary notice 'registrations' filed before the effective date of the Proclamation (7 July 2006) are no longer effective but the owners of these 'registrations' will have a 'sunrise period' until 24 June 2014 within which to re-register their marks in terms of the new law.

In order to avoid congestion, the EIPO will be dealing with the old law 'registrations' in consecutive numerical order as indicated below:

0001-0400: March 25, 2013 – April 23, 2013
0401-0800: April 24, 2013 – May 23, 2013
0801-1200: May 24, 2013 – June 22, 2013
1201-1600: June 23, 2013 – July 22, 2013
1601-2000: July 23, 2013 – August 21, 2013
2001-2400: August 22, 2013 – September 20, 2013
2401-2800: September 21, 2013 – October 20, 2013
2801-3200: October 21, 2013 – November 19, 2013
3201-3600: November 20, 2013 – December 19, 2013
3601-4000: December 20, 2013 – January 18, 2014
4001-4400: January 19, 2014 – February 18, 2014
4401-4800: February 19, 2014 – March 20, 2014
4801-5200: March 21, 2014 – April 19, 2014
5201-5600: April 20, 2014 – May 19, 2014
5601-5900: May 20, 2014 – June 18, 2014

The requirements for re-registration of a trademark are as follows:
1. Power of attorney, legalized up to the Ethiopian Consulate.
2. Certified copy of corresponding home or foreign registration certificate with English translation, notarized. If unavailable, copy of certificate of incorporation, with English translation, certified.

Please note that the timetable is to assist the EIPO in dealing with a large backlog of work and while every effort should be made to comply with the timetable the EIPO will still accept all applications for re-registration properly filed by the deadline of 24 June 2014.

The EIPO has also confirmed that applications or registrations filed between 7 July 2006 and 24 December 2012 will be dealt with in terms of the new law, and do not need to be re-registered, although it will be necessary to apply for new certificates of registration upon payment of a fee by 24 June 2014.

Source: JAH & Co. IP, Doha, Qatar, Saba & Co. IP – Head Office, Lebanon