WIPO Lex, Member Profile, African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)

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Treaties (Party) (5 records)

Title	Associated Entity	Date of Adoption (Treaty)	Entry into Force (Treaty)	Instrument (Party)	Entry into Force (Party)
Other Treaties International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants	Associated Entity: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)	December 2, 1961	August 10, 1968	June 10, 2014	July 10, 2014
WIPO Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs	Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	November 6, 1925	June 1, 1928	June 16, 2008	September 16, 2008
WIPO Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration	Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	October 31, 1958	September 25, 1966
WIPO Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks	Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	June 27, 1989	December 1, 1995	December 5, 2014	March 5, 2015
WIPO Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks	Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	March 27, 2006	March 16, 2009	November 13, 2015	February 13, 2016

Title

Associated Entity

Date of Adoption (Treaty)

Entry into Force (Treaty)

Signature (Party)

Instrument (Party)

Entry into Force (Party)

Other Treaties

International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

Associated Entity: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

December 2, 1961

August 10, 1968

June 10, 2014

July 10, 2014

WIPO

Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs

Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

November 6, 1925

June 1, 1928

June 16, 2008

September 16, 2008

WIPO

Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration

Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

October 31, 1958

September 25, 1966

WIPO

Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

June 27, 1989

December 1, 1995

December 5, 2014

March 5, 2015

WIPO

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

Associated Entity: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

March 27, 2006

March 16, 2009

November 13, 2015

February 13, 2016

Treaties (Associated Entity) (1 record)

Title	Associated Entity	Date of Adoption (Treaty)	Entry into Force (Treaty)
IP Treaties Bangui Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Constituting a Revision of the Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African and Malagasy Office of Industrial Property (Bangui (Central African Republic), March 2, 1977)	Associated Entity: African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)	March 2, 1977	February 8, 1982

Title

Associated Entity

Date of Adoption (Treaty)

Entry into Force (Treaty)

IP Treaties

Bangui Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Constituting a Revision of the Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African and Malagasy Office of Industrial Property (Bangui (Central African Republic), March 2, 1977)

Associated Entity: African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)

March 2, 1977

February 8, 1982

Judgments (2 texts)

Date of Judgment	Issuing Authority	Citation	Subject Matter	WIPO Lex No.
November 13, 2013	High Commission of Appeal	Sieur Abdoulaye Sacko v. Amar Taleb Mali SARL, Decision No. 00175_/OAPI/CSR of November 13, 2013, OAPI High Commission of Appeal	Trademarks	OAPI002-j
April 26, 2012	High Commission of Appeal	Bosnalijek Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry Co. v. Sanofi-Aventis SA, Decision No. 157 of April 26, 2012, OAPI High Commission of Appeal	Trademarks	OAPI001-j

African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)

(8 texts)

Treaties (Party) (5 records)

Treaties (Associated Entity) (1 record)

Judgments (2 texts)

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