ARIPO is a member of the World Intellectual Property Convention and of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The PCT assists applicants in seeking patent protection internationally for their inventions, helps patent offices with their patent granting decisions, and facilitates public access to a wealth of technical information relating to those inventions.
ARIPO is the African Regional Industrial Property Organisation for English-speaking Africa. It is an inter-governmental organization (IGO) that facilitates cooperation among Member States in intellectual property matters, with the objective of pooling financial and human resources and seeking technological advancement for economic, social, technological, scientific and industrial development
Industrial designs registrations are administered under the Harare Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs.
To be considered complete and in order, an ARIPO design application must contain the following;
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