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OAPI's response to COVID-19

Vanessa Halle
April 09 2020

Vanessa Halle of Nico Halle & Co in Cameroon reports on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the operations of the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) and court proceedings in Cameroon

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