PRESS RELEASE 15th MASTER'S CLASS
The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) will welcome the new class of its prestigious Master's program in intellectual property on January 24, 2025. This academic opening ceremony will also mark the official installation of the Scientific Committee of the Denis EKANI Academy of Intellectual Property (APIDE).
Happy New Year and best wishes to the Director General, the Deputy Director General and the Financial Controller!
Happy New Year and best wishes to the Director General, the Deputy Director General, and the Financial Controller! The OAPI headquarters in Yaoundé hosted a rather special New Year's greetings ceremony for staff at the Directorate General on January 20, 2025. In addition to expressing satisfaction with the results…
For better exploitation of the PGI "Achalotte de Bandiagara"
As a prelude to the official ceremony for the presentation of the registration certificate for the "Bandiagara shallot" Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) on July 20, 2023 in Bamako, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Mali – representing the Minister – solemnly opened the awareness workshop and…
Decisions Session from May 30 to June 8, 2024
DECISION No. 014/24/OAPI/CSR OF JUNE 6, 2024 Decision No. 1457/OAPI/DG/DGA/DAJ/SCG of December 15, 2022, by the Director General of OAPI rejecting the opposition to the registration of the trademark “OUI MAMAN+ Logo” No. 117765 DECISION No. 015/24/OAPI/CSR OF JUNE 6, 2024 Decision No. 1270/OAPI/DG/DGA/DAJ/SCG dated November 1, 2021…
Decisions from the session of May 21-28, 2024
DECISION No. 006/24/OAPI/CSR OF MAY 27, 2024 Decision No. 1254/OAPI/DG/DGA/DAJ/SCG of November 1, 2021, of the Director General of OAPI rejecting the opposition to the registration of the trademark LEGO BABY DIAPERS +Logo No. 114148 DECISION No. 001/24/OAPI/CSR OF MAY 21, 2024 Decision No. 1186/OAPI/DG/DGA/DAJ/SCG dated June 11, 2021…
Decisions from the session of March 21-29, 2024
Decision No. 001-24-OAPI-CSR of June 6, 2024, 1317/OAPI/DG/DGA/DAJ/SCG dated February 4, 2022, by the Director General of OAPI, concerning the partial cancellation of the registration of the trademark "TROPIC CROCODILE" No. 113552. Decision No. OO2/24/0API/CSR of March 21, 2024. Decision No. 2021/0015/OAPI/DG/DGA/DMSD/SM of June 30, 2021, by the Director General, concerning the rejection…
BOPI No. 12BR/2015 of May 25, 2016, from No. 17329 to No. 17341
Extract from WIPO ST.3 Standard: Standardized two-letter code recommended for the representation of countries as well as other entities and international organizations issuing or registering industrial property titles.
Decisions of the session from July 17 to 21, 2023
DECISION No. 008/23/OAPI/CSR of July 19, 2023 Decision No. 008/23/OAPI/CSR of July 19, 2023 annulling the decision of the Director General of OAPI No. 1192/OAPI/DG/DGA/DAJ/SCG of June 11, 2021, deleting the registration of the trademark “LILASOFT + Logo” No. 111258 DECISION No. 009/23/OAPI/CSR of July 19, 2023 Decision…



