Trademark law, or the protection of brand names, logos, designs and services mark in every industry, is one of the most popular and growing practice areas in the field of intellectual property law in Tanzania and the World at large. Trademark rights are highly valued by business owners as they may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark.

Alin Law Care with a team of Copyright Attorneys have enough experience helping clients to handle copyright assignments at affordable price meeting their requirements and expectations. Although in Tanzania, copyright owner acquires copyrights automatically, registration with the Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) seems to be of great importance because it makes easier to prove copyright ownership in the event ownership is in dispute.

In Tanzania, design owners have no protection under domestic laws because the regulations implementing the Act providing for the independent registration of designs are still pending. Since Tanzania is a member of African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), design protection obtained through filing an application with ARIPO

Our IP attorneys have strong technical background and expertise in handling cases relating to Patent rights. They are responsible for reviewing technical literature provided by clients, drafting of patent specifications; filing under domestic law for national level patents or under international treaties, prosecution of applications, patent searches and opinions on patentability and patent validity.