Amendments to the Banjul Protocol affect all applications and registrations, doubling official fees for application, designation, registration, and renewal.

The new edition updates the classification of goods and services, reassigning certain products and services to different classes than in previous editions.

The new Act repeals the outdated 1958 Trade Marks Act replacing it with a modern, internationally aligned framework for trade mark protection and administration.

The new Act streamlines plant breeding registration, sets quality and sales standards, and tightens trade controls on propagating material.