Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property Services

Our IP team works closely with clients to provide practical, proactive, and strategic advice that protects valuable assets and mitigates risks associated with infringement, passing-off, and unfair competition.

Trademark Services

We assist clients with trademark clearance searches and new trademark applications and registrations in Tanzania. We manage maintenance, renewal, monitoring of trademarks to ensure ongoing protection and provide strategic counselling, advise on acquisitions, assignments, and licensing.

Copyright Services

Our copyright services include registration, protection, and digital works. We provide guidance on compliance with COSOTA regulations. Our team also manages licensing, assignments, and royalty arrangements to ensure clients’ creative works are fully protected and monetized.

Patent Services

We handle patent registration, prosecution, and protection for inventions and industrial designs. Our services include strategic advice on commercialization and licensing, ensuring that clients’ patented works are both legally protected and commercially viable.

Commercial IP Services

We manage the registration of new companies, subsidiaries, partnerships, and sole proprietorships. Our services cover document preparation, regulatory submissions, and post-registration support.

IP Litigation Services

We guide investors through TIC registration, handling applications, compliance requirements, and permits or incentives. Our team ensures approvals are efficient and fully compliant with regulations.

Corporate Support

Our IP Department works closely with the client to protect clients’ commercial rights and ensure their IP is leveraged effectively. This integrated approach ensures that IP assets leads to long-term success.

Why Clients Choose Mak Africa Attorneys

Intellectual property law protects creative and innovative works, including trademarks, patents, industrial designs, and copyrights. It helps businesses safeguard their brand identity, inventions, and creative works from unauthorized use, exploitation, or infringement. Protecting IP ensures competitive advantage, brand value, and long-term growth.

We assist with trademark searches, registration, maintenance, renewal, audits, licensing, assignments, and enforcement against infringement or passing-off. Our services cover Tanzania and other East African jurisdictions.

We help clients register and protect copyright works, ensure compliance with COSOTA regulations, manage licensing and royalties, and provide strategic advice on enforcement and commercialization.

Our team advises on IP commercialization, licensing, assignments, sales, and royalty agreements. We also represent clients in commercial transactions where IP rights are a central asset, ensuring that intellectual property is leveraged effectively for business growth.

We handle trademark disputes, copyright infringement cases, patent disputes, passing-off claims, and unfair competition matters. Our team represents clients at the Registrar of Trademarks, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal of Tanzania.

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