Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization organizes a three day Cross-Regional African-Arab Forum from October 27 to 29,2026.
The objective of the Forum is ‘Intellectual Property and Export Competitiveness: Leveraging the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Madrid and Hague Systems for market access among African-Arab countries.’
During the opening ceremony, the Director General for EIPA, Ato Woldu Yemessel underlined that the international registration systems administered by WIPO such as PCT, the Madrid system and the Hague system, provide valuable tools through which innovators, enterprises, designers, and creators can access broader markets, secure their intellectual assets internationally, and contribute more effectively to economic growth and international trade.
The Forum continues for the next two days with different plenary sessions and countries benchmarks.