Renewal of Design in OAPI
Here you can mandate us with the renewal of your registered industrial design in OAPI up to a total term of 15 years of protection. Please keep a copy of your registration ready. You will need the registry number .
EUR 350.00
SKU
2645
| Protection Period (years) | 5 |
|---|---|
| Power of Attorney must be notarized | Yes |
| max period of protection maximum (years) | 15 |
| Patent- and Trademarkoffice | OAPI |
| Flat fee incl. official fees | Yes |
Here you can mandate us to file a renewal application for your registered design in OAPI for the next protection period. We will file the request for renewal. We will pay the renewal fees, monitor the duration of protection and keep you informed about the upcoming renewal deadlines.
OAPI is an international intellectual property office of 17 African States. Member States are:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Chad, Republic of Congo, Comoren, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea – Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Equatorial Guinea
The issuance of a design certificate from OAPI automatically gives rise to rights valid in all its Member States.
Maximum term of design protection in the protection area of an OAPI design right is 15 years, provided all renewals have been done before.
Design registration in OAPI start with a 5-year term, beginning on the date of filing the application. Before the expiry of every five years from that date, a formal maintenance request must filed and the renewal fee must be paid or protection in OAPI will end. Once the 15-year term is over, anyone is free to produce, import, rent or sell the design in OAPI.
The request for renewal must be submitted within the current protection period and a renewal fee shall be paid within this period too. Both has to be done within in the last 6 months before the regular protection period ends.
If , however, the industrial design has not been renewed in time because of circumstances independent of the will of its owner it can be restored within a period of one year from the date on which the renewal should have been done at least.
Our offer relates to single design and includes the general renewal fees for one design but not the additional fee for late payment in case of failing the general renewal time limit.
Accepting the contract is subject to the circumstance that you will hire us early enough so that the request and the payment of the official fees can be arranged in time.
OAPI is an international intellectual property office of 17 African States. Member States are:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Chad, Republic of Congo, Comoren, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea – Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Equatorial Guinea
The issuance of a design certificate from OAPI automatically gives rise to rights valid in all its Member States.
Maximum term of design protection in the protection area of an OAPI design right is 15 years, provided all renewals have been done before.
Design registration in OAPI start with a 5-year term, beginning on the date of filing the application. Before the expiry of every five years from that date, a formal maintenance request must filed and the renewal fee must be paid or protection in OAPI will end. Once the 15-year term is over, anyone is free to produce, import, rent or sell the design in OAPI.
The request for renewal must be submitted within the current protection period and a renewal fee shall be paid within this period too. Both has to be done within in the last 6 months before the regular protection period ends.
If , however, the industrial design has not been renewed in time because of circumstances independent of the will of its owner it can be restored within a period of one year from the date on which the renewal should have been done at least.
Our offer relates to single design and includes the general renewal fees for one design but not the additional fee for late payment in case of failing the general renewal time limit.
Accepting the contract is subject to the circumstance that you will hire us early enough so that the request and the payment of the official fees can be arranged in time.