At a meeting of the Administrative Council of ARIPO/OAPI Member States, Mr. YASUDA, Director-General of the Trial and Appeal Department of the JPO expressed his willingness to actively cooperate with Africa.

Video messages by Mr. YASUDA were broadcast at the opening sessions of the 46th session of the ARIPO ^(*1) Administrative Council held in Mozambique on November 21-25, and the 62nd session of the OAPI ^(*2) Administrative Council held in Cameroon on December 8, 2022.

These councils are a meeting where the heads of IP Offices of ARIPO member states meet together, and a meeting where the OAPI member states meet together, respectively to discuss the policies and plans of activities of each organization.

Mr. YASUDA said that it is important to improve the business environment through appropriate protection of intellectual property for the sustainable development of Africa, and that Japan, as a "partner that grows together" with Africa, will actively promote cooperation with Africa from the aspect of intellectual property.

The JPO will continue to promote cooperation with African IP Offices to create an environment in which intellectual property can be quickly and smoothly secured and appropriately protected in Africa.

(*1) ARIPO: the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization --- Regional Intellectual Property Office with 22 mainly English-speaking countries in Africa
(*2) OAPI:Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (the African Intellectual Property Organization) --- Regional Intellectual Property Office with 17 mainly French-speaking countries in Africa

Video message from YASUDA, Director―General of the Trial and Appeal Department of the JPO

[Last updated 12 December 2022]