JEE Africa

Africa IP Practice
Mali

Mali

Mali is a landlocked, surrounded on the west by Senegal and Mauritania, on the north-east by Algeria and Niger, on the south-east by Burkina Faso, and on the south by Ivory Coast and Guinea.

    Capital

    Bamako

    Currency

    CPA Franc

    Population

    14,517,176

    Area

    1 240 192 km²

    GDP $

    $40.974 billion (2017)

    Internet domain

    ml

    Languages

    French (official language) , Arabic, Bambara.

    Exports

    Machinery and equipment; construction materials; petroleum; foodstuffs; textiles

    Imports

    Cotton; livestock; gold

JEE Practice Details

  • Trade mark protection is obtainable only in terms of the Bangui Agreement by way of a filing with the OAPI IP office

  • Patent protection is obtainable only in terms of the Bangui Agreement by way of a filing with the OAPI IP office.

  • Design protection is obtainable only in terms of the Bangui Agreement by way of a filing with the OAPI IP office.

  • Provision is made for copyright protection in OAPI member countries in terms of the Bangui Agreement. In Mali legislation to provide for copyright was recently enacted – Law no 08-024 of 2008 on the Regime of Literary and Artistic Property in the Republic of Mali.

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