The process of African trademark registration is as follows:

1. Preparation before applying for African trademark registration:

Prepare the documents required to apply for African trademark, these documents include: : Trademark application form, trademark drawing for registration application, identity document of trademark applicant, supporting documents for payment of fees, etc. The documents required for these applications must be in French. If they are in a language other than French, a translated version that has been translated by a translation agency should be submitted.

2. Submit an application for African trademark registration:

The applicant or his authorized agent shall submit the prepared application documents to the intellectual property office of any member state of the African Intellectual Property Organization. To handle the trademark registration application procedures.

3. Review of African trademark registration applications:

After receiving the application documents, the intellectual property office will issue an acceptance notice to the applicant and will also review the application. The trademark application for registration undergoes a formal examination. After the formal examination, if it is confirmed that there are no problems, the intellectual property office will send an examiner to conduct a deeper examination of the trademark application for registration. This examination process is called a substantive examination.

4. Announcement of African Trademarks:

During the substantive examination process, if the examiner rejects the trademark registration application without any reason, the examination result of the trademark registration application will be in Announcements will be made on the official platform of the Intellectual Property Office.

5. The trademark is approved to be registered as an African trademark:

If no one raises any objection to the registered trademark or the objection is resolved before the expiration of the announcement period, then the registration application The trademark will be approved for registration by the intellectual property office and a notification will be issued.

6. Issue the African "Trademark Registration Certificate":

After the applicant receives the notice of approval of registration from the Intellectual Property Office, the Intellectual Property Office will issue a notice in the following days. Issue a "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the applicant.