Intellectual property in Zimbabwe

Intellectual Property

National Organisations: The national organization in charge of intellectual property is the Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) within the Ministry of Justice, Department of the acts of corporate and intellectual property.
Regional Organisations: Zimbabwe is a member of the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO).
International Membership: Member of the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Signatory to the Paris Convention For the Protection of Intellectual Property

Type of property and law	Validity	International Agreements Signed
Patent Patent Act	20 ans	Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Trademark Trade Marks Act	10 years (renewable)
Design Industrial Designs Act	15 years from the registration date (10 years, renewable for 5 years)
Copyright Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act	For the length of the author's life plus 50 years after his death	Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Industrial Models ARIPO Utility models Act 10 (Protocole de Harare)	10 years

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