Intellectual Property

With the Managing Partner serving as an accredited representative before OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization), our intellectual property team provides comprehensive services, including:

• Filing and portfolio management of industrial property rights (patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, trade names, etc.)
• Drafting and negotiating IP-related agreements (licenses, assignments, publishing, franchise, agency, distribution, non-compete, commissioned works, copyright exploitation, co-production)
• Unfair competition matters (parasitism, disparagement, trade secret violations)
• Competition law advisory
• Management of copyright and related rights licensing portfolios
• Legal due diligence audits in intellectual property and reporting
• IP litigation management, including:
  • Proceedings before OAPI bodies (oppositions, ownership claims, appeals)
  • Court proceedings involving validity (cancellation and revocation), ownership disputes, and infringement actions