Ethiopian intellectual property office
Encyclopedia
The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) is an autonomous unit of the Ethiopia
n Science and Technology Agency. It was established in 2003 to provide legal protection for intellectual property
(IP) rights. Under a Director-General the EIPO comprises five core business units and two support units. It is based in Addis Ababa
.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n Science and Technology Agency. It was established in 2003 to provide legal protection for intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
(IP) rights. Under a Director-General the EIPO comprises five core business units and two support units. It is based in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...
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External links
- Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office at the Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency (ESTA)
- The Intellectual Property System in Ethiopia by Wandwossen Belete (accessed 26 October 2007)