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Jan 13, 2015 (Newsletter Issue 1/15)
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Accession to the Madrid Protocol


On December 5, 2014, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) deposited with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) its instrument of accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (“the Madrid Protocol”). The Madrid Protocol will enter into force, with respect to OAPI, on March 5, 2015.

The said instrument of accession was accompanied by the following declarations:

The declaration referred to in Article 5(2)(b) and (c) of the Madrid Protocol, whereby the time limit of one year to notify a provisional refusal of protection is replaced by 18 months, and a provisional refusal resulting from an opposition may be notified after the expiry of the 18-month time limit;

The declaration referred to in Article 8(7)(a) of the Madrid Protocol, whereby OAPI wishes to receive an individual fee where it is designated in an international application, in a designation subsequent to an international registration and in respect of the renewal of an international registration where OAPI has been designated (instead of a share in the revenue produced by the supplementary and complementary fees).

Source: www.wipo.int