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South African Parliament approves Madrid Protocol accession
At the start of 2020, IP practitioners received some exciting news regarding South Africa’s accession to the Madrid Protocol. Mariëtte du Plessis of the MARQUES International Trade Mark Law and Practice Team explains:
South Africa’s accession to the Madrid Protocol was approved by Parliament at the end of November 2019, although the news only reached practitioners just before Christmas. Although the registry has been preparing for the event for years, the expected Parliamentary approval was again delayed in 2019, due to the national elections.
Despite the excitement, South Africa is still some time away from depositing its instrument of accession, as it will only be deposited once the President has signed the enabling legislative amendments into law.
The required impact study on the legislative amendments is being conducted by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency, where after the draft amendments will be presented to the State Law Advisors for pre-certification. Once received, the amendments will be tabled with Cabinet for approval and then finally published for public comment.
The Registrar confirmed that they are aiming for the amendment bill to be tabled in Parliament by June 2020.
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Mariëtte du Plessis is a lawyer with Adams & Adams and a member of the International Trade Mark Law and Practice Team
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