Missions and objectives

Missions

The OAPI's mission:

The issuance of industrial property securities;
The contribution to the promotion of the protection of literary and artistic property;
The provision of documentation and dissemination of information;
Intellectual property training;
Participation in the economic development of member states.

Goals

OAPI must help achieve the objectives of industrial development policies of member states, by achieving the following specific objectives:

Ensure the protection and publication of industrial property securities;
Encourage creativity and technology transfer through the use of industrial property systems;
Make the legal space attractive to private investment by creating conditions favorable to the effective application of the principles of intellectual property;
Promote a uniform regime for the protection of literary and artistic property;
Implement effective training programs to improve OAPI system capacities to offer quality services;
Create the conditions favorable to the valuation of research results and the exploitation of technological innovations by national companies.

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