Somalia

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General Information

  • Area: Approximately  638 000 km2
  • Population: 10.1 million
  • Capital: Mogadishu
  • Currency: Somali Shilling
  • GDP:  $ 5.9 billion (2010)
  • Domain name extension: .so
  • Languages: Somali, Arabic (official languages)
  • Exports: Livestock; bananas; hides; fish; charcoal; scrap material
  • Imports:  Foodstuffs; manufactures; petroleum products; construction materials

International / Regional conventions:

  • Please also note that we are unable to file in Somalia at present. This is due to the fact that the government was overthrown in 1991 and a stable government has still not been established to date.

Trade Mark Information

International and Regional Arrangements:

Please also note that we are unable to file in Somalia at present. This is due to the fact that the government was overthrown in 1991 and a stable government has still not been established to date.

Types of Trade Marks:

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Patent Information

International and Regional Arrangements:

Paris Convention:  No

PCT:  No

ARIPO:  Yes, but as Somalia has not yet acceded to the Harare Protocol, which regulates the filing of patents in ARIPO, Somalia cannot be designated in an ARIPO application

OAPI:  No

No patent protection is available in Somalia

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