LEGISLATION GOVERNING TRADE MARKS
The following legislation governs trademarks in 15 Central and West African Countries mostly of French expression including Cameroon.
- The 1977 Accord relative to the creation of African Organisation for the protection of Intellectual Property.
- The Paris convention of 20 March 1983 relative to the Protection of Industrial Property.
- The Berne convention of 9 September 1886 relative to the Protection of literary and Artistic works.
- The Hague agreement on the International filing of designs or industrial models of 6 November 1925 as revised in Stockholm on 28 November 1960 and on 31 October 1958.
- The Lisbon agreement on the protection of original appellations and their international registration of 31 October 1958 as revised in Stockholm on 14 July 1967.
