01 - 30 Jun - Sep 2020

Cameroon

Legal support to the filing of Penja Pepper (Cameroon) Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) application in Europe

EUIPO, as the implementing agency for the “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Action for Africa” (AfrIPI) project, funded by the European Union, has provided legal support to the filing of Penja Pepper (Cameroon) Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) application in Europe.

01 - 31 Jun - Mar 2020

Africa

Development of a Manual on African Geographical Indications (GIs), in English and French

EUIPO, as the implementing agency for the “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Action for Africa” project (AfrIPI), funded by the European Union, is currently developing a Manual on African Geographical Indications

07 - 08 May 2020

Cameroon

Online training on Intellectual Property and GIs at OAPI – University of Yaoundé II (Cameroon) – 2020 Master's Program on Intellectual Property

On 7 and 8 May 2020, EUIPO, in collaboration with OAPI, delivered a 2-day online training session to the students of the OAPI – University of Yaoundé II – 2020 Master's Program on Intellectual Property.

21 Jun 2019

Africa

Consultative Committee announces the launching of GI Hub

As one of the three pilot projects for the development and protection of GIs in Africa, the Consultative Committee for the Continental Strategy for Geographical Indications is launching the mock-up of the future Pan African Geographical Indications information hub.

12 - 13 Jun 2019

Casamance, Senegal

Launch of GI Training by Action: Madd de Casamance

As identified by the Consultative Committee for the Continental Strategy for Geographical Indications in Africa, the EUIPO organized a targeted training activity on GIs in cooperation with OAPI, called “Training by Action: Madd de Casamance”.

01 - 30 May - Jun 2019

Africa

Support to the development and protection of GIs in Africa

As identified by the Consultative Committee for the Continental Strategy for Geographical Indications in Africa, the EUIPO is supporting the identification to a set of pilot projects for the development and protection of new GIs from Africa, and more concretely from ARIPO Member States.