The Patents and Companies Registration Office

About PACRO

Statutes administered

Government institutions

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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.

WHO IS PACRO

The Patents and Companies Registration Office (PACRO) is a semi-autonomous executive agency of the Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry. Its principal functions are to operate a legal system for registration and protection of commercial and industrial property and to serve as a legal depository of the information tendered for registration. It comprises two core departments - Industrial Property and Commercial. Others are Accounts, Human Resources and Administration, and Information Technology (IT). Mrs. Anessie M. Banda-Bobo is the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the institution. She is assisted by Messrs Anthony Bwembya and Lloyd S. Thole, Assistant Registrar for Commercial Unit and Industrial Property Unit, respectively.

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AIDS

PACRO has responded to the pandemic by forming an HIV and AIDS Committee at place of work. Let us show love to our friends living with HIV/AIDS "My friend with HIV/AIDS is still my friend". Medication may relieve the physical pain, but our concern, care and compassion to the sick prevents stigmatization. Click for more