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The trademark registration and proclamation No. 501/2006 together with the trademark registration and protection regulation No. 273/2012 are the major laws that are enforced to regular trademark matters. [10] [11] The trade mark registration should be filed for the Ethiopian Intellectual Property office by a local agent. [12] [13]
Since the new constitution of Ethiopia enacted in 1995, Ethiopia's legal system consisted of federal law with bicameral legislature. [1] The House of People's Representatives (HoPR) is the lower chamber of bicameral legislature of Federal Parliamentary Assembly with 547 seats and the House of Federation with 108 seats, the former vested on executive power of Prime Minister and the Council of ...
The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) is an autonomous unit of the Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency. It was established in 2003 to provide legal protection for Intellectual property (IP) rights. [1] It is based in Addis Ababa. [2]
The Ethiopian constitution does not mention the Attorney General is fully independent, instead it is accountable for political institution. [ 3 ] The first Attorney General was Getachew Ambaye, who previously served as the minister of Justice and the predecessor administrative of the Attorney General in 2016 until 2018. [ 4 ]
Fayda ID has its basis on the Ethiopian 10 year development plan, [4] Home Grown Economic Reform, Digital Strategy 2025 a comprehensive digital transformation strategy in Ethiopia. [5] It aims to register all eligible Ethiopians by implementing a nationwide biometric digital ID system. [6] Fayda ID is an implementation of the open source ...
The Federal First Instance Court (Amharic: የፌድራል የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ፍርድ ቤት) is the first-level court division in Ethiopia.The FDRE Constitution delegates judicial jurisdiction to the First Instance Court, along with the High Court and State Courts.
The authority of these laws stem from traditional and local customs, evolved from traditional elder councils, which do not have legal authority. However, they can still carry out moral duty and observed in rural areas of Ethiopia such as Shemagelle in Amhara , the Bayito and Abo Gereb in Tigray , the Luba Basa in Oromia .
The Federal Supreme Court has the power of cassation over state matters which creates controversy among legal scholars and officials (lawyers and judges within the country). [8] This is the only power that is reserved for the FSC by the Constitution. [8] [2] There is a panel of five or more federal judges that make the decision. [2]