Business brief 2012: Cameroon

01-06-2012

Banyong Fonyam Jonie and Feh Henry Baaboh

Any person wishing to obtain a patent in Cameroon must file an application, via a resident agent, directly with the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI).

Patents

How do you register or secure patent rights, and is national or international coverage most appropriate?

Any person wishing to obtain a patent in Cameroon must file an application, via a resident agent, directly with the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), which covers 16 African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon (headquarters), Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo, with a combined population of about 100 million.


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