OAPI is an African organization specializing in intellectual property and the protection of geographical indications.
Regional organization specialized in intellectual property in Africa.
Created on September 13, 1962 in Libreville, the OAPI now has seventeen (17) member states spread across West Africa, Central Africa and the Indian Ocean. These are : Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.Created on September 13, 1962 in Libreville, the OAPI now has seventeen (17) member states spread across West Africa, Central Africa and the Indian Ocean. These are : Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
The Bangui Agreement and its Annexes constitute the founding treaty of OAPI. They also constitute the intellectual property code of each OAPI member state.
OAPI's head office is in Yaoundé, 153 Place de la Préfecture, Yaoundé - Republic of Cameroon.
OAPI's mission is to ensure uniform and effective protection of industrial property rights on the territory of its member states, to contribute to the promotion of literary and artistic property, to ensure the provision of documentation and the dissemination of information, to provide training in intellectual property, and to participate in the economic development of member statesOAPI's mission is to ensure uniform and effective protection of industrial property rights on the territory of its member states, to contribute to the promotion of literary and artistic property, to ensure the provision of documentation and the dissemination of information, to provide training in intellectual property, and to participate in the economic development of member states
OAPI consists of three main units: the Board of Directors the Board of Directors (supreme and guiding body), the High Commission of Appeal the High Commission of Appeal (jurisdictional organ) and the General Management (executive organ).
It is the common intellectual property office for its 17 member countries.
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- CAMEROON
- CENTRAFRIQUE
- COMORES
- CONGO
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- GABON
- GUINEE
- GUINEE BISSAU
- GUINEE EQUATORIALE
- MALI
- MAURITANIE
- NIGER
- SENEGAL
- TCHAD
- TOGO
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