The Balemaken & Associés law firm offers a full range of legal services including, but not limited to:

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Patents and Utility Models

• Filing and maintenance in OAPI, ARIPO and international patents (PCT)
• Filing and maintenance in OAPI, ARIPO and international Utility Models
• Technical advice in preparing patent applications and utility models
• Prior arts search of existing patents and utility models in OAPI, ARIPO and abroad
• Assistance in actions for invalidity and forfeiture of patents during patents approval procedures
• Patent infringement litigation, license negotiation and contracts

Industrial Designs and Models

• Filing and maintenance in OAPI, ARIPO and internationally (Hague Agreement) single / multiple industrial designs and models
• Prior arts search of existing industrial designs and models in OAPI, ARIPO and internationally
• Assistance in restoration and any others administrative procedures
• Industrial designs infringement litigation, license negotiation and contracts

Trademarks

• Assistance, advice, filing and renewal of application for OAPI, ARIPO and international trademarks
• Researching for identical and / or similar trademarks in OAPI, ARIPO and abroad
• Continuous and regular surveillance in OAPI
• Assistance in objections, cancellation, renunciation, invalidity and restoration procedures during trademark approval procedures
• Trademark infringement litigation
• Trademark leasing

Domain Names

• Assistance and advice on registering domain names
• Domain names litigations

Geographical Indications

• Assistance, advice and filing of application in the OAPI region
• Geographical indication infringement litigation

Trade Names

• Assistance, advice and filing of trade names
• Trade names infringement litigation

Plant Variety Protection

• Assistance, advice, filing and renewal of plant variety
• Assistance in opposition and cancellation procedures pertaining to variety denomination
• Assistance in change of ownership, nullity and cancellation procedures pertaining to the variety itself
• Plant variety infringement litigation

Copyright

• Advice on copyright law
• Registration with relevant bodies
• Copyright infringement litigation

Intellectual Property Strategy
Intellectual Property counseling of small and medium seize enterprise
In house Intellectual Property training

BUSINESS LAW & OTHERS

• Labour law and Trade relation
• Banking and finance law
• OHADA Business law
• Commercial & Corporate law
• Conveyance
• General Arbitration
• Recoveries
• Bankruptcy law
• Insurance law
• Taxation law
• Mortgage
• Human Rights law
• Criminal law
• Administrative law
• General Drafting of Agreements