On 7 January 2022, the Parliament of Cape Verde approved
accession to the Lusaka Agreement.
The Cape Verde Parliament also voted in favour of acceding to
the Banjul and the Harare Protocols on the same day. On 27 January
2022, it further approved accession to the Swakopmund Protocol.
Cape Verde has indicated, that the instruments of accession will
be deposited with the ARIPO Director General at a date, which is
yet to be determined.
The Lusaka Agreement established the African Regional
Industrial Property Organisation (ARIPO) in 1976. The
Administrative Council adopted four treaties for different
Intellectual Property rights over the years – namely :
Banjul, Harare, Arusha and Swakopmund Protocols.
