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Trade Mark Information
International and Regional Arrangements:
- Madrid Agreement: Yes
- Paris Union: Yes
Types of Trade Marks:
- Goods and services
- Collective marks
Classification:
The International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) is applied.
Filing Requirements:
- Particulars of Applicant (name, address and nationality)
- Simply signed Power of Attorney
- Representation of the mark
- List of goods and / or services
- Certified copy of the priority document
Duration: The trade mark is registered 10 years from the filing date
Renewal: Renewable every 10 years
General Information
- Area: Approximately 238 500 km2
- Population: 24.3 million
- Capital: Accra
- Currency: Cedi
- GDP: $ 38.24 billion (2010)
- Domain name extension: .gh
- Languages: English (official language)
- Exports: Cocoa; gold; timber; manganese; bauxite; aluminium; diamonds; tuna
- Imports: Capital equipment; petroleum; consumer goods; food; intermediate goods
International / Regional Conventions:
- Berne Convention
- Hague Agreement on Designs
- Madrid Protocol on Marks
- Paris Convention
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- WIPO Convention
- WIPO Copyright Treaty
- WTO/TRIPS
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