African Regional Intellectual Property Organization
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The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental international organization established to enable cooperation between African states in patent and other industrial property matters. It has the capacity to hear applications for patents and registered trademarks in its member states who are parties to the Harare (patents) and Banjul (marks) protocols. It has the WIPO ST.3 code AP.
Its 15 member states are mostly English-speaking countries.
The name of the organization changed from African Regional Industrial Property Organization to African Regional Intellectual Property Organization in 2005.
See also
External links
- Official website (http://www.aripo.wipo.net)
- List of members (http://www.aripo.wipo.net/membership.html)