Decision on the Establishment of the Pan- African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO)

DECISION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAN-AFRICAN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (PAIPO)

The Assembly:

1. TAKES NOTE of the need to establish a single Pan-Pan African Intellectual Property Organization;

2. REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission, in collaboration with the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and in coordination with African Intellectual Property Organization (AIPO) and African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) to submit to it the texts relevant to the establishment of a single Pan­African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO);

3. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to submit a report on the establishment of this institution at the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly in July 2007;

4. INVITES Member States, WIPO as well as development organizations and partners to lend support for implementation of this Decision.