Confidentiality and intellectual property

The Development Bank of Namibia protects the confidentiality of applications and business plans in its policies and practices.

The Bank also keeps confidential all aspects of intellectual property IP presented to it, including:

• Industrial designs
• Copyright
• Traditional knowledge and cultural expressions
• Geographical indications
• Trademarks
• Patents

The Bank urges registration of IP rights with BIPA.

In the event of breaches of application confidentiality or misappropriation of IP rights attributable to the Bank, please report the matter anonymously for investigation.