Domain name restrictions, must have presence in Guinea and demonstrable intent to use name; two name servers must be in different networks.

This country is a member of the African Intellectual Property Organization (AIPO or OAPI). OAPI is a central trademark registration system for the French speaking African countries. The member states for OAPI are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. The fees listed here are to afford this coverage.Trademarks are assigned through the National Service of Industrial Property, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises. Guinea is not a member of the Madrid Protocol and is a member of OAPI. A trademark is valid for 10 years and may be renewed for further periods of 10 years each.