Cameroon trademark search

Reached through WIPOOAPI

How to search and register a trademark in Cameroon, from official sources. Signa does not sync the OAPI register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover Cameroon.

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Search the OAPI register

OAPI Online Search System is African Intellectual Property Organization's own search tool.

Tool: OAPI Online Search System
Search by: word mark, publication date, publication number, application number, applicant name, Nice class, Vienna class
Languages: French, English
Free: Yes
Account required: No
Limits: Served over plain HTTP on port 9092; it covers OAPI's single register for all 17 member states, not Cameroon alone.

How to search

Open the OAPI Online Search System and choose the Marques (Trademarks) tab; switch the interface to English if needed.
Choose the field to search (Marque, Date de publication or Numéro de publication) and enter the term.
Narrow the results with the filters for classification (Nice and Vienna), dates, names and numbers.
Each result shows status, mark, original filing number, filing date, publication number and date, registration number and date, Nice and Vienna classes and the applicant.

Register a trademark in Cameroon

What OAPI requires, as the official sources below state it.

How to file: OAPI application (directly at OAPI in Yaoundé or through the national liaison structure, the Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property at MINMIDT); Madrid designation of OAPI
Local representative required for applicants abroad: Yes
Several classes in one application: Yes
Classification: Nice Classification
Application fee: FCFA 360,000 for filing and publication of an application for one class, plus FCFA 75,000 per class beyond the first
Renewal fee: FCFA 500,000 for renewal of a registration covering one class, plus FCFA 100,000 per class beyond the first; FCFA 130,000 supplement for late renewal
Fees as of: 2026-11-12 (XAF)
Opposition: 3 months from publication of the application (pre-registration)
Term: 10 years from the filing date, renewable for 10 years at a time
Non-use: Open to cancellation after 5 years without use

Good to know

Cameroon is not itself a party to the Madrid Protocol; OAPI is, since 2015-03-05, and an international registration designating OAPI covers Cameroon.
Applicants resident outside the OAPI member states must file through an agent selected in one of those states (Bangui Agreement, Act of 14 December 2015, Article 8(4)).
OAPI's headquarters are in Yaoundé, Cameroon; its national liaison structure in Cameroon is the Direction du Développement Technologique et de la Propriété Industrielle of the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development.

International

Madrid Protocol and regional systems

Cameroon is covered by the Madrid Protocol through OAPI (in force 2015-03-05), so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate OAPI.

OAPI (Bangui Agreement): Cameroon has no separate national trademark register. Marks are registered by OAPI under the Bangui Agreement, which serves as national law in each of the 17 member states, so one OAPI registration covers Cameroon and the other member states.

Signa

What Signa holds for Cameroon

OAPI records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), which covers Cameroon, are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.

API

Get this data via the API

Query the WIPO records that cover Cameroon in the same format as every other office.

GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=CM
Search the trademarks Signa holds that cover Cameroon

Get API key View docs

GET /v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=CM

curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=CM" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"

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Sources

Where these facts come from

Checked 2026-11-12.