SOMALIA

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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

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:

• WIPO Conventio