CEIPI and the Regional Delegation of INPI Grand Est are pleased to have welcomed to Strasbourg, on 27 February 2025, a delegation from the Office of Intellectual Property from Ivory Coast (OIPI), accompanied by Mr. Sébastien CONNAN, Regional Advisor for Intellectual Property Issues - Africa - INPI Expert.
The delegation was led by Mr. Koffi Paul ASSANDE, Director General of OIPI, Mr. Kouabran Alexis KOUAME, Director of Geographical Indications, Collective Trademarks and Service Development, Mr.Souleymane SORH, Director of Patents, Innovation and Technology Transfer, Ms. Bes Dominique GBALOA, Head of the Department of Communication and Dissemination of Intellectual Property and Ms. Amenan Angèle YAO, Director of Integrated Agro-Industries, Ministry of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Ivory Coast.
During the discussions, Mr. Yann BASIRE, the Director General of CEIPI, presented the center’s training courses and activities, as well as avenues for collaboration to strengthen the intellectual property skills of the office’s agents. For his part, Mr. Philippe BORNE, Regional Delegate of INPI Grand Est, presented the activities and mechanisms that INPI is putting in place to support innovative companies and start-ups.
This meeting took place during a study visit that the delegation is making to France, which aims to strengthen the capacities of the agents of the Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI) and the Ministry of Agriculture in the management of Geographical Indication (GI), and in the strategy of consolidation, promotion and defense of GIs.
