Decision trends in trademark litigation at OAPI

Brand reproduction or imitation is a very common practice in the business world. This reproduction or imitation, considered an infringement of trademark rights, is the subject of numerous disputes between the trademark owner and the competitor. This is a pre-eminent type of dispute before the Higher Appeals Commission, in that it is the most well-known by the Commission between the periods of 2000 and 2020. This justifies our analysis of the trends in the case law of the Board of Appeal. The 257 decisions handed down by the Board on trademark law issues are analyzed and exploited.In the light of the provisions of Annex III of the revised Bangui Agreement of 1999, the book sets out two main aspects of trademark litigation before the High Commission of Appeal.