We render services to our clients in areas related to their Intellectual Properties, fundamentally as they related to all aspects dealing with the maintenance, protection and enforcement of our their industrial and intellectual property rights having to do with isolation or as an offshoot of related transactional matters. Some of these areas include: Hospitality, Entertainment, Media, Art, Sports, Trademarks, Copyright, Patents and Trade Secrets. Our services also covers licensing and bilateral and international commercial agreements.

We have a formidable team of lawyers whose specialties are in registering works of our clients at the Nigerian Trademarks and Patent Registry involving the application for publication, registration and renewals of trademarks. We undertake the assignment of such marks and also pursue the filing, prosecution or defence of our clients’ applications in Opposition proceedings before the Registrar of Trademarks. We file applications for the issuance of Letters of Patent on behalf of inventors or assignees and effect payment of annuities for such patents. We can advise on a wide range of legal issues relating to the Nigerian laws and policies on intellectual property protection and enforcement that are specifically tailored to suit our clients varying and ever evolving needs.

Our firm’s intellectual property department in tandem with the Dispute Resolution department are versed in the prosecution and or defence of Copyright, Trademarks and Patent infringement actions at various levels. We can obtain ex parte, interlocutory, Anton Piller or Class injunctions depending on the exigencies of an action as well as instigate anti-counterfeiting proceedings under the Nigerian Merchandise Marks Act. We handle applications for the issuance of product licenses, quality and standard ratings before the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, and we can advise on transfer of technology requirements within the Nigerian investment climate.