<img src="https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/744ac39d33cabbc297b91373bfcac24d/bin/images/Cameroon_map.png" alt="Cameroon" class="page-header-sidebar-image"> Cameroon has provisions in its legislation relating to the granting of compulsory licences. These can be found in the Bangui Agreement. Under the Bangui Agreement (OAPI), any person may request a non-voluntary (compulsory) licence under these circumstances: - Non-working or insufficient working - If the patented invention is not being worked in the territory of a member state; or - If its working does not satisfy demand for the protected product under reasonable terms. - Refusal to grant licences on reasonable terms - When the patent owner refuses to grant licences under reasonable commercial conditions, such refusal may unjustly and substantially prejudice the establishment or development of industrial or commercial activities in the country. - Dependent patent - If there is a later patent which cannot be worked without infringing rights under an earlier patent, and that later invention represents a substantial technical advance over the earlier one, the owner of the later patent may obtain a non-voluntary licence to the extent necessary to exploit his invention. - Ex officio (government / public interest) licences - For inventions of vital importance to national defence, public health, or the national economy, licences may be granted by the State, sometimes even allowing importation if domestic working is insufficient or supply not feasible under reasonable terms. More information can be found [here](https://oapi.int/en/legal-framework/bangui-agreement/ ). ## Compulsory licences Cameroon has been requested to issue a compulsory licence for [[NVP, 3TC, 3TC/AZT]] by civil society. The compulsory licence has not been issued because No response.