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Jan 12, 2023 (Newsletter Issue 1/23)
OAPI/AIPO
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Accession to Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and GIs


On 15 December 2022, WIPO notified the deposit by the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) of its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications.

The said instrument contained declarations according to which:
- in accordance with Article 28(1)(iii) of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, OAPI has been duly authorized, in accordance with its internal procedures, to become party to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement and declares that, pursuant to the Bangui Agreement Instituting an African Intellectual Property Organization, Act of December 14, 2015, Annex VI, under which regional titles of protection can be obtained in respect of geographical indications, applies;
- OAPI avails itself of the possibility provided for in Article 29(4) of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement to extend by one year the time limit referred to in Article 15(1) of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, and the periods referred to in Article 17 of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, in accordance with the procedures specified in the Common Regulations; and
- In accordance with Article 7(4) of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, OAPI wants to receive an individual fee to cover its costs of substantive examination of each international registration.

The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement will enter into force with respect to OAPI on 15 March 2023.

Source: www.wipo.int