The Patents and Companies Registration Office

About PACRO

Statutes administered

Government institutions

Employment opportunities s

Who is PACRO? Mission and Vision Functions

Cap 388 The Companies Act Cap 389 The Registration of Business Names Act Cap 400 The Patents Act Cap 401 The Trademarks Act Cap 402 The Industrial Designs Act

Zambia Development Agency Zambia Competition Commission Zambia Bureau of Standards Citizens Economic Empowerment Zambia Revenue Authority

Name Clearance Guidelines File Searches and Company Printouts Other Services

What is a patent? How to obtain a patent Post granting Requirements

What is a trademark? How to register a trademark Post registration Requirements

What is an industrial design? How to register an industrial design Post registration Requirements

What is a limited company? How to register a limited company Annual Returns Post incorporation requirements

What is a business name? How to register a business name Annual Returns Post registration requirements

What is a foreign company? How to register a foreign company Post Registration Requirements

Mortgages Increase in capital Receiverships Liquidations Deregistration of companies

Company Forms and Fees

Business Names Forms and Fees

Foreign Company Forms and Fees

Patent Forms and Fees

Trademark Forms and Fees

Industrial Designs Forms and Fees

Company Forms Company Fees

Business Name Forms Business Names Fees

Foreign Company Forms Foreign Company Fees

Patent Forms Patent Fees

Trademark Forms Trademark Fees

Industrial Designs Forms Industrial Designs Fees

Calendar of Events News Articles Archive

Companies Business Names Foreign Companies Patents Trademarks Industrial Designs

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Mission

Provide efficient and effective registration and protection systems for commercial and intellectual property rights in order to promote innovation and orderly trade for the benefit of the nation.

Welcome to the PACRO website

Dear Client,

It is my pleasure to welcome you and introduce to you our new website. Here at PACRO, we consider it an honor to facilitate your business through registration of companies, business names, industrial designs, trademarks and the grant of patents.

This website contains valuable information about procedures and requirements in respect of the various applications as well as forms, fees, informative articles, our contacts, a calendar of upcoming activities which include inspections, seminars, workshops, awareness campaigns and new developments at PACRO such as the recently opened Livingstone Office.

This site is yet another step in our continued endeavor to serve you, our esteemed client, even better. We therefore hope that by making this information readily available, we are reducing your cost of doing business.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you need any assistance.

Remember, BUSINESS STARTS HERE!

Anessie M. Banda-Bobo (Mrs)
Registrar