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Leveraging intellectual property to create value: A New Wave of Women and Girls in Technical and Scientific Fields: Trained in Yaoundé
Yaoundé, Cameroon, November 17-19, 2025 – Following an initial series of training sessions in Douala last September, some twenty women and young girls—engineers, researchers, and STEM students—began a new three-day workshop organized by the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)...
Decisions from the session of August 22-30, 2025
Decision No. 025/25/OAPI/CSR of August 27, 2025, declaring inadmissible the appeal filed by TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED seeking annulment of notification No. 00000049/OAPI/DG/DGA/DBCT/SBOV/Negol from the Director General of OAPI refusing the restoration of rights attached to Patent No. 20763…
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Nov 25
OAPI at the 49th ARIPO Board of Directors Session: a renewed commitment to innovation and growth in Africa
Accra, Ghana – Represented at the opening ceremony by the Head of the International Cooperation Department, Mercy Masok Asima, and at the invitation of Bemanya Twebaze, Director General of ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Organization), OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization) is participating in the 49th Session of…
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Mar 25
May 17 – 21: INTA Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA
The 147th Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) will be held from May 17 to 21, 2025, in San Diego, California, USA. INTA is a global association of trademark owners and professionals specializing in trademark-related services and…
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Mar 25
May: 5th edition of the "OAPI Brand Awards", Libreville – Gabon
Libreville, Gabon, will host the 5th edition of the OAPI Brand Awards. The OAPI Brand Awards are a competition between companies from member states that hold trademarks protected by OAPI. They provide these companies with an opportunity to showcase their expertise in the use of these trademarks
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Mar 25
April 7-9: OAPI-SNL Consultation Meeting, BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau
From April 7 to 9, the heads of the National Liaison Structures (NLS) with OAPI from the 17 member states are meeting with the Directorate General in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, for their 24th annual consultation meeting. This annual meeting was established by the Board of Directors of…
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Mar 25
Synergistic action for the promotion of the intellectual property system in Guinea
A tripartite agreement between the Guinean National Liaison Structure with OAPI, the Guinean Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts (CCIAG) and the Conakry Commercial Court was signed on March 13, 2025, under the chairmanship of Dr. Diaka SIDIBE, Minister of Trade, Industry…
Mali celebrates its local brands
The Prime Minister of Mali, General Abdoulaye Maiga, launched the second edition of Brand Week in Mali on February 28th in Bamako, in the presence of numerous dignitaries and the representative of the Director General of OAPI. This edition of "Brand Week"..
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Feb 25
Intellectual Property Training: OAPI welcomes its 15th cohort
The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) celebrated the launch of the 15th cohort of its Master's program in Intellectual Property on Friday, January 24, 2025. The ceremony took place at the organization's headquarters under the chairmanship of Mr. Nicéphore FYLLA de Saint-Eudes, Congolese Minister of Industrial Development…
