CONGO REPUBLIC – OAPI
COUNTRY : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
CAPITAL : KINSHASA
LANGUAGE : FRENCH
Filing of Plant Variety Application in Congo Republic – OAPI The African Intellectual Property Organisation known commonly by it’s French Acronym (OAPI) was established through the Bangui Agreement at the Republic of Central Africa and is head quartered at Yaounde, Cameroon.
OAPI came to be constituted through the Bangui Agreement and is a comity of 16 Former French Colonies which are also French speaking Countries – Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Equatorial Guinea.
The Bangui Agreement deals with the following inttelictual Property matters relating to member countries: Patents, Utility Models, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Trade Names, Geographical Indications, Copyrights, Unfair Competition, Integrated Circuit Layouts and Plant Variety Rights
Member Nations of the OAPI have retained significant portions of the legal systems of the countries that colonised them, however, legal questions regarding infringement and IP matters requiring litigation are to be settled by domestic courts of each state.
Member nations recognise the provisions entrenched in the Bangui Agreement and its annexes as their national law. Hence, OAPI allows applicants to receive Trademarks protection in all of the 16 jurisdictions with a single application and registration. Therefore, Registration in individual member nations, is no longer possible.
THE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN OAPI: Following are the judicial proceedings that take place at OAPI:
- The action for revocation
- The strike action
- The action for unfair competition
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INTERNATIONAL TREATIES TO WHICH CONGO REPUBLIC – OAPI IS SIGNATORY
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PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS LEGISLATION
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PLANT VARIETIES PROTECTED AS PER PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS
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PLANT VARIETIES NOT PROTECTED AS PER PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS>
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WHO MAY APPLY FOR PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS
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FILING REQUIREMENTS AS PER PLANT BREEDERS PROTECTION ACT CONGO REPUBLIC – OAPI
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EXAMINATION PROCESS AND GRANT OF PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS
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BASICS REGARDING PROTECTION OF PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS
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RIGHTS OF OWNERS AS PER PLANT BREEDERS PROTECTION ACT
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COMPULSORY LICENCE PROVISIONS AS PER PBR PROTECTION ACT
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Cost of Registration in CONGO REPUBLIC – OAPI