Services >Intellectual Property Practice
  • Pre-Filing Advise (Availability Searches and legal opinion on distinctiveness, creditability and general compliance with the requirements of the Trademark Law).
  • Filing and Prosecution of Patents, Trademarks and Industrial Designs.
  • Post-Registration Maintenance (Renewal of Patents, Trademarks and Designs).
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  • Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights – Assignments, Licensing, Franchising and Mergers.
  • IP due diligence (pre-acquisition investigation of intellectual property rights).
  • Administrative Actions – Quasi-judicial proceedings (Opposition and Revocation/Rectification actions).
  • Contractual Drafting – Assignment Agreement; Licensing Agreement; Agency or Distributorship Agreement etc.
  • Legal Protection for Intellectual Property Rights – Infringement and Passing-Off actions.
  • Brand Management
  • Regulatory Matters – Product Registration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and Registration of Technology Transfer Agreements with National Office of Technology Acquisition an Promotion (NOTAP).
  • Domain Name/Internet Issues.