Intellectual Property
Africa
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