Annual Technical Report on Trademark Information Activities in 2024 submitted by AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (ARIPO)
Please provide links to your website where the requested information can be found in English, French, or Spanish. Alternately, you may provide text responses instead of URLs if desired. If the information is not available on your website in an ATR language, then please provide text.
URLs in responses should meet the following requirements:
I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
- The ARIPO Industrial Property Journal https://eservice.aripo.org/ppb/pjd/PPBJournalViewList.do.
- The ARIPO digital library https://eservice.aripo.org/pdl/pqs/quickSearchScreen.do.
- The ARIPO regional IP Database http://regionalip.aripo.org/wopublish-search/public/home.
- The Anderson Ray Zikonda Library http://library.aripo.org/liberty/libraryHome.do?
- The ARIPO annual reports https://www.aripo.org/publications/annual-reports
- The ARIPO website being the primary source with sub links to other resources www.aripo.org.
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
- Availing ARIPO data on the TM view platform
- Conducted e-service sensitization missions to Liberia and Lesotho
- Continued to provide convenient IP information services to stakeholders through the 24hr online service platform - http://eservice.aripo.org/pmi/PMIMain.do
- Implemented a live chat bot on the ARIPO website www.aripo.org.
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
- Exhibition at the 64th Edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF)
- Organized the inaugural women in IP conference in Uganda
- Organized IP awareness seminars for universities and research institutions
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
- In cooperation with WIPO organized the 2nd edition of the Conference of Heads of IP Offices (HIPOC)
- Hosted Ambassadors of Members states accredited to Zimbabwe
VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Note: For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values:
- "Implemented";
- "On implementation phase";
- "Planning to implement"; and
- "No plan to implement"
WIPO Standard ST.3: Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations
implemented
WIPO Standard ST.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs
implemented
WIPO Standard ST.60: Bibliographic data relating to marks
implemented
WIPO Standard ST.61: The exchange of trademark legal status data
WIPO Standard ST.63: Content and layout of trademark gazettes
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.66: Processing of trademark information using XML
WIPO Standard ST.67: Electronic management of the figurative elements of trademarks
WIPO Standard ST.68: Electronic management of sound marks
no plan to implement
WIPO Standard ST.90: Recommendation for processing and communicating Intellectual Property data using Web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
WIPO Standard ST.91: Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images
no plan to implement
WIPO Standard ST.96: Processing of Industrial Property information using XML
On Implementation
Other WIPO Standards Related to Trademarks
Note: Please list any other WIPO Standards related to trademarks (not mentioned above) that your Office or Organization has implemented, is currently in the process of implementing, or plans to implement in the future. For each Standard, please indicate the implementation status with an option: Implemented, On implementation Phase or Planning to Implement.