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ARIPO Banjul Protocol on Marks (Regional Trademark Filing)
TreatyPan-Africa Source: ARIPO
TrademarkIntellectual PropertyARIPORegional
Summary (Plain English)
Allows a single trademark application to be filed with ARIPO for protection across member states. Members include: Ghana, Nigeria (observer), Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, and others. One application covers multiple countries. Filing done through ARIPO in Harare, Zimbabwe, or through a national IP office. Reduces cost and complexity of multi-country trademark filing in Africa.
What This Means For You
- • Single application for trademark protection in multiple African countries
- • Filed through ARIPO or national IP offices
- • Reduces cost versus filing in each country separately
- • Ghana is a member — marks can be protected regionally
- • Not all African countries are members — check ARIPO website
Original Source
https://www.aripo.org/banjul-protocol/Content sourced from ARIPO. Always refer to the official document for authoritative text.
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