African Regional Intellectual Property Organization

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Map of current ARIPO members in blue, nations with observer status in green.
Map of current ARIPO members in blue, nations with observer status in green.

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among 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.

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[edit] Members

  1. Flag of Botswana Botswana
  2. Flag of The Gambia Gambia
  3. Flag of Ghana Ghana
  4. Flag of Kenya Kenya
  5. Flag of Lesotho Lesotho
  6. Flag of Malawi Malawi
  7. Flag of Mozambique Mozambique
  8. Flag of Namibia Namibia
  9. Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
  10. Flag of Somalia Somalia
  11. Flag of Sudan Sudan
  12. Flag of Swaziland Swaziland
  13. Flag of Tanzania Tanzania
  14. Flag of Uganda Uganda
  15. Flag of Zambia Zambia
  16. Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

[edit] Observers

  1. Flag of Angola Angola
  2. Flag of Egypt Egypt
  3. Flag of Eritrea Eritrea
  4. Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
  5. Flag of Liberia Liberia
  6. Flag of Mauritius Mauritius
  7. Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
  8. Flag of Seychelles Seychelles
  9. Flag of South Africa South Africa

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