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Intellectual Property

Getnet Yawkal Law Office provides blue-ribbon Intellectual Property services covering the entire spectrum of IP rights in Ethiopia.

Founded by the former Trademark and Industrial Design Examiner of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA), Getnet Yawkal Law Office, offers the legal skills and expertise, training, and hands-on EIPA experience of its principal attorney to assist you in registering and protecting your intellectual property in Ethiopia.

Through the years we have engaged ourselves in the IP industry, we have become a reliable partner for local clients as well as well-known international IP firms and foreign-based businesses that wish to register and enforce intellectual property rights in Ethiopia.

We give great value to the creation of the mind and understand your business and IP needs.

We use a very cost-effective and client-focused service and propose fixed fees for our exceptional services, which we only charge when we add real value to your IP needs.

Providing tailor-made solutions that exceed clients’ expectations intertwined with a swift reply to clients’ request is the bedrock of our IP practice.

Some of Our Services

  • Trademark availability search
  • Brand development advice
  • Filing trademark, patent, industrial design, and utility model applications, including claiming priority rights
  • Amending applications and/or registrations
  • Filing and processing licensing and/or assignment of rights
  • Negotiating, vetting, or drafting license, assignment or franchise agreements
  • Representing clients before the EIPA tribunal and/or competent federal courts
  • Handling prosecution, maintenance, and enforcement of active registrations
  • Handling cancellation and/or invalidation cases
  • Handling infringement cases
  • Reply to office actions or oppositions
  • Conduct due diligence on the IP portfolio of a targeted company dealing with mergers or acquisitions

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