[[Image:African_Regional_Intellectual_Property_Organization.png|thumb|300px|Map of current ARIPO members in blue, nations with observer status in green.]]
The '''[[Africa]]n Regional [[Intellectual Property]] Organization''' ('''ARIPO'''), formerly '''African Regional Industrial Property Organization''', is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in [[patent]] and other industrial property matters. It has the capacity to hear applications for patents and registered [[trademark]]s in its member states who are parties to the Harare (patents) and Banjul (marks) protocols. It has the [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]] ST.3 code AP.

Its 15 member states are mostly [[English language|English]]-speaking countries.

The name of the organization changed from ''African Regional Industrial Property Organization'' to ''African Regional Intellectual Property Organization'' in 2005.

==Members==
# {{flagcountry|Botswana}}
# {{flagcountry|Gambia}}
# {{flagcountry|Ghana}}
# {{flagcountry|Kenya}}
# {{flagcountry|Lesotho}}
# {{flagcountry|Malawi}}
# {{flagcountry|Mozambique}}
# {{flagcountry|Namibia}}
# {{flagcountry|Sierra Leone}}
# {{flagcountry|Somalia}}
# {{flagcountry|Sudan}}
# {{flagcountry|Swaziland}}
# {{flagcountry|Tanzania}}
# {{flagcountry|Uganda}}
# {{flagcountry|Zambia}}
# {{flagcountry|Zimbabwe}}

==Observers==
# {{flagcountry|Angola}}
# {{flagcountry|Egypt}}
# {{flagcountry|Eritrea}}
# {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}}
# {{flagcountry|Liberia}}
# {{flagcountry|Mauritius}}
# {{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
# {{flagcountry|Seychelles}}
# {{flagcountry|South Africa}}

==See also==
* ''[[Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle]]'' (OAPI)

==External links==
* [http://www.aripo.org/index.php?lng=en Official website]

[[Category:Intellectual property organizations]]
[[Category:Patent offices]]

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