South Africa

General Information

Capital: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative)
Population: 54 000 000
Languages: 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Zulu …

International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works)
PCT (Patents)
Budapest Treaty (Deposit of Micro-organisms)

Trademarks

Filing Requirements:

Power of Attorney simply signed
Applicant data
Sample of the mark (not required for world marks)
List of the goods and/or services
Certified copy of the priority document (if priority is claimed) with verified English translation

Duration:

10 years from application date

Renewal Requirement:

Power of Attorney simply signed

Domain Names

Domain extension: .za

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News & Event

07
02
19

Statistics concerning filing of international trademarks designating OAPI

Since its accession to the Madrid Protocol in 2015, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is available in the list of targetable territories in the context of an international application. As a preliminary, it must be admitted logically, and without considering the figures, that the rallying of OAPI seems to be a boon for international […]

07
02
19

New Morrocan border control measures

The African continent remains one of the major markets where intangible assets remain the least protected in comparison with the strength of sales and service delivery in a continent undeniably emerging. The Continent is still a sanctuary where the wrong sometimes takes the place of the real in countries the purchasing power is not yet […]