The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has rejected an opposition filed by Agence France-Presse (AFP) against Cameroonian journalist Alain Gueo Foka’s application to register the “AFO + Logo” trademark. AFP filed its opposition on December 9, citing its earlier “AFP + Logo” trademark, No. It also said the director general of France’s National Institute of Industrial Property had rejected an application to register “AFO + Logo” in proceedings involving the same parties. The lawyers added that “AFO + Logo” combines stylized letters with a distinct figurative element and shares only its first two letters with AFP. The decision applies only to the “AFO + Logo” mark covered by Application No.