Lexglobe LLP is a medium sized Tanzanian law firm that was established in 1999 by three former classmates. Lexglobe LLP is registered under the Tanzanian law. The main focus of Lexglobe LLP is to provide intellectual property services to international clients. The firm understands and believes that development and protection of intellectual property is important to the success of modern business. The need to protect intellectual property is becoming more complex with growing international trade. Recognizing the need to protect inventories of ideas, the firm has distinguished itself among the Tanzanian law firms by developing efficient, sophisticated and specialized practice in the area of intellectual property. Our intellectual property specialists are among the best in the country and teach intellectual property law courses in universities. Both intellectual property lawyers and legal assistants are skilled at identifying, registering, protecting, enforcing and marketing intellectual property in Tanzania. Our Clients include individual inventors, start up companies, established business, multinationals with global product ranges, universities, hospitals etc. We work closely with business owners and in-house legal departments in generating appropriate strategy, and with the inventors and designers on technical matters.
Lexglobe LLP is whole owned by Lawcastles. Lawcastles is a Tanzanian law firm specializing in providing services to foreign individuals, companies and other entities in selected areas of corporate and commercial law and providing business support services. Lawcastles is one of the largest law firms in Tanzania with a well established reputation in the areas of Project development and Finance, Intellectual Property Services, Distribution, Franchising, Competition Law, Telecommunications, Mergers and Acquisition, Commercial Lending, Construction Law, Tax Law (including international tax law), Cross-border Insolvency and Debt Restructurings, Commercial Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and Expert Determination. The bulk of Lawcastles’ business comes from outside Tanzania and most of it comes from best known global organizations and corporations to start up companies. Lawcastles is emerging as one of the best and leading corporate and commercial law firms in Tanzania .
Lexglobe LLP is today representing more than 200 foreign clients from more than 35 countries in the world in establishing and enforcing their intellectual property rights in Tanzania. The firm provides services on all types of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters. It also provides intellectual property law services in other African countries through a network of associates. The firm’s recent experience includes providing advisory services that resulted into amicable resolution of the copyright dispute over the translation of Bible into Kiswahili. Lexglobe LLP is a member of International Trademark Association (INTA). Lexglobe LLP, through its parent law firm, namely, Lawcastles is a contributor on Tanzania (in association with a Dutch law firm, Arnold Siedsma) in the seven volume Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trade Marks throughout the World, also known as Manual of Industrial Property (MIP) or Brown Book./
