The African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) handles trademark registrations for the following – mainly francophone – member states: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African ...

The African Organisation for Intellectual Property (OAPI) IP system is ruled by the Bangui Agreement, which was amended in 2019. This has resulted in changes to the IP system for French-speaking ...

The constitution of OAPI was the 1977 Bangui Agreement. Each OAPI member adopts, as its national IP laws, the detailed provisions set out in the Agreement (OAPI laws). The founder members of OAPI were ...

With some of the most dynamic countries in the world, Africa is a focus for many international companies. But the patent systems vary, as do the two cross-border organisations. Spoor & Fisher explains ...

The African economy, which is home to more than a billion people, has tripled since the year 2000 (Michael Lalor; 2014) and currently houses 9 of the 15 fastest growing economies in the world (Spoor & ...

Last year, the World Customs Organization (WCO) published its findings into Operation Biyela 2, an anti-counterfeiting programme targeting fake products distributed across 14 African nations. The WCO ...

The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has suspended several of its members following their opposition to the way in which the organisation joined the Madrid Protocol.

Altmeyer brings extensive experience in neuroscience and oncology to OAPI, further strengthening the company's growth in these therapeutic categories ROCKVILLE, Md. and PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 12 ...

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. Announce Restructuring Changes Aimed at Growing Otsuka's Pharmaceutical Business Worldwide ...