Hague Agreement

The Hague Agreement is an organisation that facilitates registration and administration of Industrial Designs. A single application covers several countries.  It is necessary to designate the countries in which design protection is sought.

Countries covered by a Hague Design Application in Africa:

• Benin (through OAPI)
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso (through OAPI)
• Cameroon (through OAPI)
• Central African Republic (through OAPI)
• Chad (through OAPI)
• Comoros (through OAPI)
• Congo (Republic of) (through OAPI)
• Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea (through OAPI)
• Gabon (through OAPI)
• Ghana
• Guinea (through OAPI)
• Guinea Bissau (through OAPI)
• Mali (through OAPI)
• Mauritania (through OAPI)
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Niger (through OAPI)
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal (through OAPI)
• Togo (through OAPI)
• Tunisia