Cameroon has ratified the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). This agreement aims to promote effective and adequate protection of intellectual proper ty rights, while ensuring that measures and procedures to enforce these rights do not themselves become barriers to legitimate trade. It establishes a multilateral framework of principles, rules and disciplines relating to international trade in counterfeit goods.
Cameroon has been applying the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) since January 1, 2000 as a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), created by the Bangui Agreement, Cameroon applies its legislation in principle.
Thus, at national level, the Government has taken all necessary steps to ensure compliance with the implementation deadlines laid down in the TRIPS Agreement. As a result, the Bangui Agreement has been revised to comply with WTO rules. The harmonized business law (OHADA) has taken into account the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
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