JPO Held Meeting with OAPI to Discuss Cooperation Projects in Africa

November 12, 2021

JPO's Mr. YASUDA Futoshi, Director-General, Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design) held a videoconference with Acting Director General WAGO of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)* and others on November 10, 2021.

During the meeting, both the OAPI and JPO discussed cooperation projects for the African regions, based on using the Funds-In-Trust Japan Industrial Property Global for IP, and human resource development training for developing countries targeting the African region.

Both director generals confirmed the importance of continuing cooperative projects between the OAPI and JPO to develop the optimum framework for appropriately protecting and using intellectual property in the African region.

 

Meeting with OAPI Acting Director General WAGO

 

• * Regional Intellectual Property Office with members from 17 mainly French-speaking countries in Africa

• * Click here for a link to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (External Link)

 

[Last updated 12 November 2021]