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Guinea-Bissau is a country located in West Africa, it is part of the OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organisation) system.
Guinea-Bissau is a country located in West Africa, it is part of the OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organisation) system.
Capital: Bissau.
Capital: Bissau.
Area: 36,125 sq km.
Area: 36,125 sq km.
Population: 1,5 million.
Population: 1,5 million.
Official Languages: Portuguese and others.
Official Languages: Portuguese and others.
Government: Republic.
Government: Republic.
Currency: CFA franc (XOF).
Currency: CFA franc (XOF).
Main exports: fish, shrimp; cashews, peanuts, palm kernels, raw and sawn lumber.
Main exports: fish, shrimp; cashews, peanuts, palm kernels, raw and sawn lumber.
Main imports: foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products.
Main imports: foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products.
Internet domain: .GW.
Internet domain: .GW.
International Treaties
International Treaties
OAPI • Paris Convention • PCT • Berne Convention • WTO • WIPO
TRADEMARKS / PATENTS / DESIGNS
TRADEMARKS / PATENTS / DESIGNS
• Guinea-Bissau is a member state to OAPI - Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (African Intellectual Property Organization) and the protection in this territory is carried out through the system instituted by this organisation which affords protection for trademarks, patents, utility models and designs.
• OAPI is headquartered at Yaoundé, Cameroon and was instituted by the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977. This organisation has 17 member states which are mostly French-speaking countries, namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
• For further information regarding intellectual property protection in OAPI, visit the page dedicated to this organisation.
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT
Registration - Not Mandatory | Berne Convention - Applicable | Copyright Validity - During Author's life and up to 50 Years after Author's death
➤ Application Requirements
• Power of Attorney (notarised) with Portuguese translation
• Full particulars of the applicant
• Full particulars and reproduction of the work
➤ Assignment Requirements
• Power of Attorney (notarised) with Portuguese translation
• Full particulars of assignor and assignee
• Deed of Assignment (notarised) with Portuguese translation
➤ Change of Name Requirements
• Power of Attorney (notarised) with Portuguese translation
• Full previous and current particulars of applicant
• Certificate of Incorporation (simple copy updated) with Portuguese translation
➤ Change of Address Requirements
• Power of Attorney (notarised) with Portuguese translation
• Previous and current address of applicant
• Certificate of Incorporation (simple copy updated) with Portuguese translation
➤ Licence Requirements
• Power of Attorney (notarised) with Portuguese translation
• Full particulars of licensor and licensee
• Licence Agreement (notarised) with Portuguese translation
DOMAINS
DOMAINS
Internet Domain - .GW
➤ Application Requirements
• Full particulars of the applicant
• DNS specifications
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