Intellectual Property & TMT

Our Intellectual Property & Technology practice is best known for its excellent and meticulous approach to matters. We are recognized globally and by our peers as a pre-eminent practice with significant expertise in the protection and enforcement of various forms of IP rights. These include matters relating to Patents & Designs, Trademarks and Trade names, Copyright and Allied rights, Entertainment and Media, Trade Secrets, and commercially sensitive information as well as licensing, intellectual property issues arising in government or agency contracts and ancillary international trade issues.

We are particularly skilled in portfolio management of Trademarks and Designs at the Nigerian Trade Marks, Patent & Designs Registry involving the application for, publication, registration, and renewals of trademarks. We also undertake the assignment of trademarks and the recordation of Registered User Agreements to third parties or subsidiaries. Our expertise extends to the filing, prosecution, or defense of our clients’ applications in opposition proceedings before the Registrar of Trade Mark.

We expanded our practice to data privacy & protection and obtained our license to operate as Data Protection Compliance Organisation (DPCO) in Nigeria in 2019. Our area of practice also extends to telecommunications law and we regularly provide legal advisory/consultancy services various local and international companies.