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- For 2014, the flagship program was the “ARIPO Roving Seminars” aiming at creating awareness on IP and ARIPO activities. The Roving Seminars which were held in Gambia, Liberia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Swaziland benefited 655 participants. The Roving Seminars undertaken by the ARIPO officials in the member States included technical missions to the IP Offices.
With regard to trademark applications, the trend is also positive with the numbers increasing steadily as illustrated
An MoU was signed with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
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- Amendments to the Banjul Protocol in order to improve its usage.
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
- With regard to trademark applications, the numbers increased from 321 in 2013 to 362 in 2014.
- The five most designated states for trademarks in 2014 and since the inception of the system are: Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana and Uganda.
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- The POLITE Database
- Internal e-mail system
- FascimileFacsimile
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
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Office's library (if deals with trademark information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
- The Anderson Ray Zikonda A Library is available and stocks . It has literature published by the Office and from cooperating partners like the WIPO, EPO, EAPO, UK-IPO, JPO, KIPO, ROSPATENT, SIPO
- Currently, officers can access the library online public access catalogue (OPAC) via the Office intranet
- The library management software is the Liberty3 software
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- The Anderson Ray Zikonda Library is available and stocks literature by the Office ARIPO office and also stock from other IP Offices and Organizations like the WIPO, EPO, EAPO, UK-IPO, JPO, KIPO, ROSPATENT, SIPO and others
- It also has a collection of textbooks to support activities of the ARIPO Academy.
- Currently, officers can access the library online public access catalog (OPAC) via the Office intranet
- The library management software is the Liberty3 software
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