Membership in Paris Union
According to the latest WIPO official list the 50 under-mentioned countries in Africa and surrounding islands have adhered to the Stockholm Act of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention).
Countries | Effective date of adhesion to the Paris Convention: |
Algeria | March 1, 1966 |
Angola | December 27, 2007 |
Benin (***) | January 10, 1967 |
Botswana | April 15, 1998 |
Burkina Faso (***) | November 19, 1963 |
Burundi | September 3, 1977 |
Cabo Verde | July 6, 2022 |
Cameroon (***) | May 10, 1964 |
Central African Republic (***) | November 19, 1963 |
Chad (***) | November 19, 1963 |
Comoros (***) | April 3, 2005 |
Congo (***) | September 2, 1963 |
Congo (Democratic Republic) | January 31, 1975 |
Djibouti | May 13, 2002 |
Egypt | July 1, 1951 |
Equatorial Guinea (***) | June 26, 1997 |
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | May 12, 1991 |
Gabon (***) | February 29, 1964 |
Gambia | January 21, 1992 |
Ghana | September 28, 1976 |
Guinea (***) | February 5, 1982 |
Guinea-Bissau (***) | June 28, 1988 |
Ivory Coast (***) | October 23, 1963 |
Kenya | June 14, 1965 |
Lesotho | September 28, 1989 |
Liberia | August 27, 1994 |
Libya | September 28, 1976 |
Madagascar | December 21, 1963 |
Malawi | July 6, 1964 |
Mali (***) | March 1, 1983 |
Mauritania (***) | April 11, 1965 |
Mauritius | September 24, 1976 |
Morocco | July 30, 1917 |
Mozambique | July 9, 1998 |
Namibia | January 1, 2004 |
Niger (***) | July 5, 1964 |
Nigeria (*) | September 2, 1963 |
Rwanda | March 1, 1984 |
São Tomé e Príncipe Islands | May 12, 1998 |
Senegal (***) | December 21, 1963 |
Seychelles | November 7, 2002 |
Sierra Leone | June 17, 1997 |
South Africa | December 1, 1947 |
Sudan | April 16, 1984 |
Tanzania (but not Zanzibar) (**) | June 16, 1963 |
Togo (***) | September 10, 1967 |
Tunisia | July 7, 1884 |
Uganda | June 14, 1965 |
Zambia (**) | April 6, 1965 |
Zimbabwe | April 18, 1980 |
(*) Lisbon text
(**) Lisbon text and Stockholm text (Articles 13 to 30)
(***) OAPI member States, which do not have separate national IP laws