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Student's Book Form Five

business secrets, industrial designs, and other forms of intellectual property. Table 5.4
shows the four types of intellectual property rights and their respective registration
bodies in Tanzania.

Table 5.4: Types of intellectual property rights
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Intellectual Tanzania Mainland Zanzibar
property type
Administered Administered

Copyright Copyright Society of Tanzania Office of Copyright Society of
(COSOTA) Zanzibar (COSOZA)

Patents BRELA or African Regional
Intellectual Property
Trademarks Organisation (ARIPO)
BPRA or ARIPO

Industrial ARIPO
designs

Sectoral licenses

These are sector-specific permits, licenses or certificates issued to business enterprises by
sector ministries or their agencies. The majority of these are expected to be acquired by
a business before applying for the general business licenses. In some instances, during
the application for a business either to the LGAs, BRELA, or BPRA it is mandatory to
acquire a sectoral license to operate such business. Some of the sectoral licenses include
the following:

Tourist Agency License (TAL): This license is issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources
and Tourism for tourist businesses including hotels, lodges, tourist agents, tour operators,
car rental, car hire, hunting safaris, photographic safaris, and tourist campsites. The
license is also issued for travel agents, air ticketing, tour guides, mountain climbing,
balloon safaris, handling agents, curio shops, and air charter services.

Insurance license: This license is issued by Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority
(TIRA) for insurance and assurance businesses like insurance brokers, insurance agents,
underwriting and loss assessment.

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