Facilitating the procedures for recording brands of products and services of users of the OAPI system, it is this mission that the OAPI and the International Trademark Association (Inta) have been assigned, as part of the workshop on changes in the brands classification system of this March 05, 2025 in Yaoundé.
The opening word of the Deputy Director General Mondésir Oualou Panaouala, followed that of the Director General Bureau Europe and OIG of Inta, Tatienne rented for the start of the exchanges. At moderation, Abdourahmane Diallo, director of brands and other distinctive signs at the OAPI.
Protect yourself economically and legally, a major issue for brand depositors
With around thirty agents, online and face -to -face stakeholders, participants sailed in complexity and subtleties linked to the classification of brands.
Presentations developed on the use of simplified mechanisms of procedures for practitioners of brands law by experts Moïse Stéphane Afana Legal advisor to the department of brand at OAPI, Isabel Cortes Director of institutional relations and projects at Pons IP in Spain, and Lionel Parisot , lawyer in brands and models and models in Croatia course to discussions on:
- the contours of the Nice classification,
- OAPI brand classification practices,
- emerging challenges and questions related to classification,
- Small tips to understand for effective use of classification tools
Points to remember
- Classification is an administrative tool for the harmonization of intellectual property offices and the interpretation of agents in the registration of brands,
- OAPI membership in the Check & Acceptance project of the OMPI which makes it possible to integrate into the classification of Nice, the usual and regular terms designating products and services of its space.
- At the time of registration, choose the right class of products and services to ensure legal protection both in the OAPI system and international.
