Citadel Law Firm

758, Blvd de la reunification Feu Rouge Bessengue 3rd floor Aziccul Building
Douala
Cameroon

Telephone: +237 243 38 68 49

E-mail: lawyers@citadellawfirm.cm
Website: citadellawfirm.cm

About us

 

As OAPI licensed industrial property attorney, we offer a full range of legal services focused on advising, assisting, and representing our clients in obtaining, exploiting, maintaining, and defending their industrial property portfolios before the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) whose jurisdiction covers all 17 member states towit; 

 
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Comoros Islands,
Congo Brazzaville,
Cote d’Ivoire,
Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon,
Guinea Bissau,
Guinea Conakry,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Niger,
Senegal

Our intellectual property practice is primarily centered on:

Trademarks
Patents
Utility Models
Trade Names
Industrial Designs
Geographical Indications
Unfair Competition
Copyrights
Data Security

We assist our clients conduct searches and due diligence at OAPI , registrations at OAPI, renewals OAPI, recordals at OAPI, IP watch services at OAPI, drafting and reviewing licensing agreements and other contracts, IP management and audits at OAPI and much more.

Thanks to our legal expertise, we are able to represent our clients in complex litigation procedures relating to restoration of IP rights before OAPI , opposition proceedings before OAPI, claim of ownership proceedings before OAPI,  infringement proceedings before civil and criminal courts, seizure of counterfeit goods and other contentious proceedings.

Regularly advising on complex commercial and IP transactions, we are responsible for large IP portfolios from various industries including fashion, software, skincare, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals among others. 

We are responsive to client’s instructions, diligent in the execution of our services, watchful on the progress of each assignments, all at a cost effective rates.

Thanks to our experience and expertise, we have been able to niche professional and sustainable partnerships with IP practitioners from other jurisdictions such as ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Organization) zone, Nigeria and equally remain dedicated to building further networks with other IP professionals.