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Togo is one of the member countries of the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI). Patent, trademark and design applications at the OAPI at Yaoundé in the Cameroon Republic cover all countries of the Bangui Agreement. For full particulars, see under “African Intellectual Property Organization“.
Membership in International Conventions
– Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Stockholm Act, since September 10, 1967.
– Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), since April 28, 1975.
– Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, since April 30, 1975.
– Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, Stockholm Act, since April 30, 1975.
– Patent Cooperation Treaty (bound by Chapter II of the PCT), since January 24, 1978.
– WTO’s TRIPS Agreement, since May 31, 1995.