ARIPO appointment of new Director General for 2013

2012-11-28

At the ARIPO THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION of the ARIPO Administrative Council meetings held in Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania this week, Fernando dos Santos was appointed as the new ARIPO Director General. Fernando dos Santos will serve as DG for a term of 4 years beginning in 2013. He will be taking over from the current ARIPO Director General, Gift Sibanda. Fernando dos Santos is currently Registrar of the Mozambique Industrial Property Institute (IPI).

We wish him all the best for his term of office and Spoor & Fisher will continue with our active support of ARIPO as a leading ARIPO firm.

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Fernando dos Santos (new ARIPO Director General) and Craig Kahn (partner, Spoor & Fisher)