Intellectual Property

Trademark Registration in Nigeria

UNDERSTANDING TRADEMARKS, PATENTS & COPYRIGHTS.

Dear Subscriber,  Businesses and Individuals invest time and resources in creating unique inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, images, trade secrets which are referred to as intellectual property. Intellectual property protection is critical to promoting innovation because without such protection businesses and individuals would lose incentive to be creative which would ultimately kill enterprise. Like in most parts of the world, Nigerian Law ensures the protection of intellectual property with patents, trademarks or copyrights all of which cover different [...]

ENFORCING TRADEMARKS IN NIGERIA.

Dear Subscriber, One of the most valuable assets of a business is its brand. The brand could be projected through a product or service which it trades to its customers or clients in return for consideration. Businesses spend a lot of time and money on creating and developing unique products/services which gives then an advantage in the market space however these efforts are often threatened by the antics of imitators and counterfeiters who attempt to cash in on the goodwill [...]