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AJ Park | Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, etc. | 9 Apr 2021
Madrid trade mark registrations in Zambia, Lesotho, Sierra Leone and eSwatini not enforceable
International trade mark registrations through the Madrid Protocol System (MPS) do not carry any legal force in Zambia, eSwatini (formerly Swaziland)…
Mayer Brown | Angola, Benin, Botswana, etc. | 8 Oct 2018
A Global Guide to International Arbitration - Africa
This guide is designed to provide a useful starting point when considering arbitration issues including the seat of the arbitration, enforcement…
Adams & Adams | Swaziland | 1 Aug 2018
Eswatini | Swaziland name change made official by notice in gazette
We previously reported that, at Independence Day celebrations on 19 April 2018, King Mswati III announced that the country’s name, Kingdom of…
Adams & Adams | Swaziland | 29 Jun 2018
Swaziland | IP and patent bills passed
Following the 2017 retirement of former Registrar for Trade Marks in Swaziland, Mr. Stephan Magagula, the two bills he had a hand in drafting in 2015…
Adams & Adams | Swaziland | 22 May 2018
Hopes fade for new trade mark amendment bill
Last week Members of Swaziland’s Parliament met to discuss the way forward regarding the Trade marks (Amendment) Bill of 2015. This Bill seeks to…
World Trademark Review | Global, Swaziland, United Kingdom, etc. | 2 Feb 2018
Scotch Whisky toasts trademark renewal, fake toy epidemic, and IACC looks back on 2017: news round-up
The chief executive of the Scotch Whiskey Association, Karen Betts, has announced that the organisation's trademark has been successfully extended in…
Adams & Adams | Swaziland | 29 Jan 2018
Trade marks registrar retires
After some 8 years in office, Mr Stephan Magagula, Registrar of Trade Marks in Swaziland, retired from office on 1 December 2017. During his time as…
White & Case | Equatorial Guinea, European Union, Ghana, etc. | 15 Dec 2017
EU Customs Developments - Generalised Scheme of Preferences five countries losing benefits
In late September 2017, the Commission submitted a draft Delegated Regulation to the Council and the EP to amend certain Annexes of Regulation…
BAL | Swaziland | 24 Jul 2017
Proposal would bar foreign nationals from operating certain businesses
Foreign nationals who are already operating businesses in affected categories will not be impacted, but new entrants would not be granted the required…
Baker McKenzie | Chile, Swaziland | 23 Nov 2016
Chile, Swaziland ratify TFA
On 21 November 2016, the WTO announced that Chile and Swaziland have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), making them the 97th and 98th…
