The department responsible for trademark registration and management in Togo is the State Industrial Property Office, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Private Sector Promotion and Tourism of Togo. The bureau is located opposite the former site of S.T. Kisito Church in Lomé, Togo. INPIT mainly conducts formal examination and delivery of trademark application materials, and the specific examination is undertaken by the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI).

Application steps:

1. Submit the application and trademark design to the director of the State Industrial Property Office;

2. Pay the prior rights inquiry fee (CFAF 65,000) to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) in Yaoundé through the Economic Bank;

3. Pay INPIT a document processing fee of 20,000 CFA francs;

4. Send the trademark application form audited by INPIT to OAPI through DHL, and the expenses shall be borne by the applicant;

5. If there is no prior right conflict in the retrieval results given by OAPI, you can start the registration procedure:

Pay registration fee of 400,000 CFA francs, mailing fee of trademark acceptance notice of 20,000 CFA francs and mailing fee of trademark registration certificate of 20,000 CFA francs to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) through the Economic and Economic Bank. After obtaining the trademark registration certificate issued by the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the applicant obtained the exclusive right to use the trademark in the member countries of the organization 17.