Last Change:

06/24/2025

Trade and Service Marks Act

Year: 1986

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Housing, land & property, Work & Workplace rights

Link to external source: https://tanzlii.org/akn/tz/act/1986/12/eng@2002-07-31/source
Description

The Trade and Service Marks Act in Tanzania (likely the Trade Marks Act 1994) provides for the registration of trade marks, including collective, certification, and defensive trade marks, and outlines the rights and remedies associated with registered trade marks. 

Selected provisions
Section 18 - Rights Conferred by Registration

The registration of a trade or service mark shall, if valid, give or be deemed to have given to the registered proprietor the exclusive right to the use of the trade or service mark in relation to any goods or services.