CHAD IP GUIDECentral Africa | OAPI Member
The Republic of Chad is an independent state formerly part of French Equatorial Africa. It is a landlocked country, bordered to the north by Libya, to the east by Sudan, to the south by the Central African Republic, and to the west by Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger.
Area: 1 1 284 000 km2
Population: 13,670,084 million
Capital: N’Djamena
Currency: CFA Franc
GDP: $9.636 billion (2017)
Trade Marks
Trade mark protection is obtainable only in terms of the Bangui Agreement by way of a filing with the OAPI IP office.
Patents
Patent protection is obtainable only in terms of the Bangui Agreement by way of a filing with the OAPI IP office.
Designs
Design protection is obtainable only in terms of the Bangui Agreement by way of a filing with the OAPI IP office.
Copyright
Provision is made for copyright protection in OAPI member countries in terms of the Bangui Agreement. In Chad a national copyright law has been enacted – Law no 005/PR/2003 on the Protection of Copyright, Neighbouring Rights and Expressions of Folklore.
Plant Breeders' Rights
Provision is made for plant breeders’ rights to be obtained in terms of the Bangui Agreement by way of a filing with the OAPI office.
Read the latest Africa Advisory Insights Newsletter.
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Goods and Services Classification update for OAPI
The OAPI IP Office recently published a notice informing trade mark owners, agents and all other users of the OAPI regional system that the Trade Marks Registry applies the current version of the Nice Classification system as adopted by WIPO, namely the 11th edition (2019 version).
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Hopes that changes to the Bangui Agreement will improve trade mark prosecution and litigation processes
It is hoped that a revision of the terms and functionality of the Bangui Agreement, subject to ratification by all member states of OAPI, will bring significant changes to the prosecution and litigation procedures in respect of trade marks, as well as OAPI’s administration of these processes.
