Zimbabwe trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in Zimbabwe, from official sources. Signa does not sync the CIPZ register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover Zimbabwe.
Search the CIPZ register
We could not confirm CIPZ's online search tool from official sources. Start at the office website.
Office website: https://www.justice.gov.zw/
Register a trademark in Zimbabwe
What CIPZ requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at the Trade Marks Office (CIPZ); ARIPO application under the Banjul Protocol designating Zimbabwe; Madrid designation
- Several classes in one application
- No
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Opposition
- 2 months from the date of advertisement of the application in the Journal (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the filing date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- Each application covers goods or services in one class only (Trade Mark Regulations, 2005, section 11(2)), so a mark for several classes needs separate applications.
- A mark, once registered, is registered as at the date of the application, which is deemed the date of registration; the 10-year term runs from it (Trade Marks Act, sections 23 and 24).
- An applicant, opponent or proprietor who does not reside or carry on business in Zimbabwe must give an address for service within Zimbabwe when the Registrar requires it (Trade Mark Regulations, 2005, section 84).
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Zimbabwe is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 2015-03-11, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
- ARIPO (Banjul Protocol on Marks)
- A trade mark registered by the ARIPO Office under the Banjul Protocol in which Zimbabwe is designated has the same effect as a trade mark registered under the Trade Marks Act (section 97A).
What Signa holds for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe IP Office records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating Zimbabwe are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the WIPO records that cover Zimbabwe in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=ZWSearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover Zimbabwe
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=ZW" \
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.