The purpose of OAPI LEX is to streamline access to IP rulings, legislation, and legal insights – enhancing transparency and consistency across Francophone Africa.
The project applies circular economy principles by recycling nearly 500,000 counterfeit items into around 200,000 new products.
Oman’s Supreme Judicial Council has postponed all October 2025 commercial and investment case hearings to accommodate the launch of the new Investment & Trade Court on 1 October 2025.
The new intellectual property system features 11 initiatives designed to strengthen innovation, creativity, and the protection of IP rights across diverse sectors.
The partnership aims to modernise Qatar’s judicial framework, enabling more efficient and effective resolution of commercial and IP disputes.
The cases underscore the regulator’s commitment to protecting consumers from health-related misinformation and ensuring fair competition among producers and sellers.
IP owners should review their pending cases in Ukraine now, as legal time limits resume on 4 September 2025.
The annual report highlighted a notable rise in IP activity in Hungary over the past five years.
Slovenia marked its third consecutive year of growth in patent filings at the EPO, with a 2% rise, surpassing the EU average decline of 0.4%.
Rights owners will have a 75-day grace period to complete postponed actions and pay overdue fees.
The adoption of the AI Law could have very important implications for intellectual property protection and create further legal challenges.
Two Ukrainian bottled water producers violated the local competition legislation by making unsubstantiated claims about their products’ health benefits.
The service aims at resolving IP disputes without the involvement of courts and is delivered through the Taradhi platform.
Right holders will be able to demand compensation from infringers, instead of damages.
The new law was published on 4 October 2024 and will take effect 180 days after publication.
After not operating since 8 November 2022 due to the profound IPO reform in Ukraine, the Appeal Board resumed operations on 18 June 2024.
Saudi Arabia has recently announced the launch of a National Intellectual Property Rights Exchange Platform and an Intellectual Property Prosecution initiative.