Maputo, Mozambique 7 November
The meeting was organized by Braz & Associados, Lda and was attended by the General Director of ARIPO, Dr. Fernando dos Santos, IPI representatives, Dr. Juliet Nhane (Director of the Central Services of Trademarks and Patents) and Mr. Emídio Rafael (Coordinator of the Legal Department), Official Agents of Industrial Property (AOPI) and other interested parties. In his opening remarks Sérgio Braz pointed out that after the concerns expressed by AOPI, of the years in which the country has access to the protocol lasted and having not been consummated, this was the moment to move on. To understand and master the mechanisms and procedures, to understand the processes and outline strategies for a better use of the situation that is approaching. The purpose of the meeting was to illustrate the impact of the protocol and to disseminate information on how Mozambican agents can take advantage of the other protocols managed by ARIPO. Since they are accredited to ARIPO, the Mozambican AOPIs will become more internationally exposed. This means that they will be sought after by international agents and firms to register their trademarks in the region via ARIPO.
