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Collection and Distribution of Royalties in Tanzania
What are Royalties? Royalty means payment of an agreed rate to a right holder for use of a copyright work.They are a form of compensation paid to the creator or copyright owner for the authorized use or exploitation of their work. They are associated with copyrighted work such as music, literature, films, artwork and software. […]
Trademark Renewal Processes in Tanzania Mainland
Trademark Renewal Processes in Tanzania Trademark registrations are valid for 7 years from the date of filling and may be renewed for a period of 10 years thereafter. Renewing of a mark must be done within one month before the expiration of the registration period or within one month after it. However, if the renewal […]
Opposition of Trade or Service marks Registration at BRELA
Opposition to the registration of a Trade/service mark Once a trademark registration application is lodged with BRELA, the Registrar examines it. If the mark is accepted, it is advertised in the Intellectual Property Journal to inform the public.During the advertisement period, the public can lodge objections or oppositions if the mark resembles another registered mark. […]
Membership and Copyrights Registration Processes within COSOTA
Members Registration Registration of members and their works are done accordance with the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Registration of Memberts and their works) Regulations 2005An author or other owner of a copyright may apply [mbers of COSOTA and may be admited by the Copyright Administrator as a provisional All or success member and be issued […]
Trademark infringement and its remedies
What is Trademark Infringement? Refers to the unauthorized use of a trade or service mark that is identical or confusingly similar to a registered trade or service mark. This occurs when a third party uses a trademark in a way that creates confusion in the minds of consumers, causing them to believe that the third […]
Patent Registration in Zanzibar
Patentable Inventions For an invention to be eligible for patent registration in Zanzibar it must meet certain criteria such as it must be novel, involve a non-obvious and inventive step, be applicable to industrial use and has not been excluded from patentability under the Zanzibar law. Right to Patent An Inventor shall have the right […]
Copyright Protection in Zanzibar
Kind of works eligible for protection The Copyright Society of Zanzibar (COSOZA) protects the literary, artistic and scientific works of an author or owner including books, computer programs, dramatic and musical works, choreographic works, audiovisual works, works of architecture, photographic works and many others provided under the Act.Derivative works such as translations, transformation modifications of […]