CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMPLIANCE OF THE REGULATION 18 OF THE BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE) REGULATIONS BY BANK BOARD MEMBERS
Regulation 18 of the Banking and Financial Institutions (Corporate Governance) Regulations, Government Notice Number 767 of 2021, requires Bank’s Board Members to submit to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), …
THE PROTECTION OF WELL-KNOWN TRADEMARKS LOUDLY RECOGNISED IN TANZANIA BY THE DECISION OF THE HIGH COURT COMMERCIAL DIVISION
The High Court of Tanzania (Commercial Division), for the first time has loudly rendered a decision on the protection of well-known trademarks, against infringing company names registered by third parties in Tanzania. Her Ladyship Butamo Kasuka Phillip, Judge, rendered a landmark…
KENYA INTRODUCES CUSTOMS RECORDAL TO FIGHT COUNTERFEIT PRACTICES
In the wake of increased counterfeit goods in the Kenyan market, in January 2019, Kenya amended the Anti-counterfeit Act of 2008, through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act of 2018, which made recordation of Intellectual Property Rights through the Anti-counterfeit Authority (ACA) mandatory.