"OAPI Lex" online jurisprudential database This innovative tool promises to transform access to legal information in terms of intellectual property (PI) in the 17 OAPI member states.
A solemn ceremony for a new step taken.
The event brought together a panel of personalities from the legal and institutional environment among which:
- OAPI Deputy Managing Director, Mondésir Oualou Panouala who proceeded to the official launch.
- Professor Joseph Fomeuteu, from the Cabinet Juridaf, designer of the project;
- Max Lambert NDEMA ELONGUE, President of the African Network of Magistrates of Intellectual Property (RAMPI)
As well as a large audience of law professionals: agents, lawyers, teaching lawyers ...
A tool at the service of PI litigation actors
The platform offers concrete advantages for various audiences
For companies :
- Development of effective content strategies;
- Reduction in legal risks and costs related to disputes
For lawyers, agents and other lawyers
- Centralized access to court decisions of the OAPI space;
- Smart research and considerable time saving;
- Strengthening legal arguments thanks to a case law accessible to all.
For the general public
- Legal education on PI (DPI) rights
- Information democratization and transparency in the application of law
A symbol of legal innovation on the continent beyond its technical dimension, OAPI Lex is part of an ambitious digital transformation dynamic, at the service of justice and innovation. An OAPI's desire to modernize its system and stimulate economic development within its space through transparency and legal security.
