Requirements
OAPI (Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle) is the African Intellectual Property Organization for French-speaking Africa. With headquarters in Yaoundé, Cameroon, OAPI’s member states are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Please note that it is not possible to file in any of the aforementioned member states separately.
Requirements
Industrial Design Applications
- A Power of Attorney.
- Three identical representations of each design or three samples, when there are various views of a model; they must be on a single sheet.
- A certified copy of the basic application, where appropriate.