Intellectual Property Services

With the understanding of the significant role that Intellectual Property (IP) plays in the global marketplace, our team is devoted to a quick and excellent practice in this area. It is pertinent to shield innovative ideas and brands’ identities for a striving commercial venture. We protect and enforce the trademarks, patents, designs, copyrights and retail rights of both national and international clients. We offer services on protection, registration, maintenance, and enforcement of infringement of IP rights. Our firm is located in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria which is at the heart of every local and international business. The firm has easy access to the trademarks, patents, and industrial designs Registry; the only registry located in Abuja with no other branch in any other part of Nigeria. Over the years, Our IP team has created a smooth and professional work relationship with the officials at the registry for quick and effective service delivery to our
clients.

A patent is the most crucial IP right designed to protect medical technologies and other innovations. No doubt, research and development require huge resources and granting patent rights is what makes innovation attractive. Having a good understanding of this aspect of protection of intellectual property, our team focuses their attention on preliminary advisory, patentability searches, filing and prosecution applications, patent renewals/annuities, protection and enforcement of patents and designs, and patent infringements. Also, our team files design applications and enforcement of design rights.

A trademark protects the identity of brands in the marketplace. Our term offers preliminary advisory, trademark searches, registrations, renewals, amendments, licensing and, a record of changes (names, addresses, and mergers), take over and resuscitation of files, reclassifications, assignments, acquisitions, opposition and cancellation proceedings, infringement and passing off proceedings, and I.P Watch Group.

Copyright ascribes rights to intellectual works in literary works, artistic works, musical works and the likes. In this regard, our team provides copyright registration with the Nigerian Copyright Commission, copyright protection, copyright infringement proceedings, licensing agreements, copyright assignments, and copyright due diligence.