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.