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U.S. News | Skechers and Adidas Settle Three-stripe Trademark Dispute

August 21, 2019

Footwear brand, Skechers has reportedly dismissed a trademark infringement suit against Adidas over one of its shoe styles which Adidas had claimed infringes its three-stripe trademark. Skechers filed to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice on [...]

U.S. News | Old Spice Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit over its Whistle Theme

August 20, 2019

H. Scott Salinas, a music composer, has filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against Procter & Gamble for copyright infringement over its whistle theme. The plaintiff allegedly accuses Procter & Gamble of using [...]

U.S. News | Reebok Loses Trademark Opposition at United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office

August 20, 2019

Reebok, sportswear maker has lost its bid to stop by Reehut, an exercise equipment company from registering a trademark. According to the decision published by the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on Wednesday, July 31, [...]

Canada News | Canada Joins WIPO’s Patent Law Treaty

August 19, 2019

Canada has joined the Patent Law Treaty (PLT), designed to streamline formal procedures for national and regional patent applications and patents. WIPO received Canada’s instrument of ratification of the Patent Law Treaty on July 30, 2019. The PLT will [...]

Nigeria News | NAFDAC Receives ISO Accreditation Certificate

by Nathaniel Adebayo in Anti-Counterfeiting

So much happiness as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented an International Standards Organization certificate of accreditation to the National Agency for Drug Administration and Control laboratory in Lagos. A statement by [...]

Nigeria News | NOTAP Assists Nigerian Inventors and Innovators to Patent their Inventions Free

August 19, 2019

In a bid to strengthen Intellectual Property and facilitate the technological growth of Nigeria, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has deemed it fit to assist the Nigerian inventors and innovators to [...]

Nigeria News | Customs, NAFDAC Destroy 58 Containers of Drugs Worth N14.7bn

August 16, 2019

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone “A” of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has destroyed 58 containers of 225mg Tramadol and other dangerous and unregistered [...]

Nigeria News | NOTAP Commissions Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office at BUK

August 1, 2019

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), on Wednesday, 24th July, 2019, commissioned an Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office (IPTTO) at the Bayero University Kano (BUK). NOTAP has established a number of [...]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

U.S. News | Skechers and Adidas Settle Three-stripe Trademark Dispute

U.S. News | Old Spice Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit over its Whistle Theme

U.S. News | Reebok Loses Trademark Opposition at United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office

Canada News | Canada Joins WIPO’s Patent Law Treaty

Nigeria News | NAFDAC Receives ISO Accreditation Certificate

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Nigeria News | NOTAP Assists Nigerian Inventors and Innovators to Patent their Inventions Free

Nigeria News | Customs, NAFDAC Destroy 58 Containers of Drugs Worth N14.7bn

Nigeria News | NOTAP Commissions Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office at BUK

Nigeria News | NOTAP Commissions Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office at BUK

Nigeria News | NAFDAC Recalls Infants’ Ibuprofen Concentrated Oral Suspension

Nigeria News | NAFDAC Warns Against Consumption of Animal Hides, Ponmo

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EDITORIAL

Nigeria News | ALDAP Hosts National Copyright Moot Court Competition amongst Six Law Faculties in Nigeria

New Trademarks Journal Published in Nigeria – Dated June 30

Registration of Trademarks With or Without Limitation to Specified Colours: Section 16 of the Nigerian Trade Marks Act Interpreted by Christian Aniukwu

Teaching Intellectual Property Law as a Pedagogical Imperative at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria by John Onyido

Applying for Your Trademark Certificate of Registration in Nigeria

INSIGHTS & NEED-TO-KNOW

BRANDS IN NIGERIA

Nigeria – Application to Register the Trademark: HAOMEI & Device

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: ANAN & DEVICE

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: SPARK NEST & DEVICE

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: LEMI

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: FINDMYRIDE AND LOGO

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: MARLINO

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: DEEKAY & DEVICE

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: FOOD CONCEPTS

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: COMEE & DEVICE

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: SPARK NEST & DEVICE

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: DEEKAY & DEVICE in Class 5

Nigeria – Application to register the trademark: KEPAY & DEVICE

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