Legislation

The Republic of Niger is one of the member countries of the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI). Patent, trademark and design applications at the OAPI at Yaoundé‚ in the Cameroon Republic, cover all countries of the Bangui Agreement. For full particulars, see under “African Intellectual Property Organization“.

DOMAIN NAMES: there are no published regulations on domain name registration under the .ne country code top-level domain name for Niger. More information will be provided in a future release.