
Rouse Africa Attends OAPI Training in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Earlier this year, Rouse Africa’s Oswald Alembong attended the intermediate training course (formation intermédiaire en Propriété...

Notable amendments to Kenyan Patent Legislation.
The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Bill 2016 was published in Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 185 (National Assembly Bills...

ARIPO-ACS39: Proposal to amend the Harare Protocol.
The Harare Protocol on Patent and Industrial Designs empowers the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) to grant...

Protection of Trade Marks and Service Marks through OAPI
The African Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle – OAPI) was formed in terms of the...

A Brief Look at OAPI and the Madrid System.
OAPI acceded to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks in December 2014 and the Protocol entered into force on 5...