Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office

The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) is an autonomous unit of the Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency. It was established in 2003 to provide legal protection for intellectual property (IP) rights.^[1] Under a Director-General the EIPO comprises five core business units and two support units. It is based in Addis Ababa.^[2]

Notes

↑ Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office Establishment Proclamation (Proc. No. 320/2003) dated April, 2003
↑ "MOST". MOST.

External links

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office at the Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency (ESTA)
The Intellectual Property System in Ethiopia by Wandwossen Belete (accessed 26 October 2007)

Patent offices in Africa

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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