Legal Principles – Nigerian LawCompass

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW – Trade Marks – Registrar’s Discretion to Extend Time Under Regulation 52 Despite Default

"Where an opponent as in this case failed to file a statutory declaration as provided in Regulation 52, by virtue of Regulation 52, he is deemed to have abandoned his...

Intellectual Property Law Important

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW – Trade Marks – Application for Registration – Effect of Mere Acceptance

"It is therefore clear that from the wording of the Act nobody acquires the status of the 'proprietor' unless that person, in relation to the trade mark, is the owner,...

Intellectual Property Law Important

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW – Trade Marks – Unregistered Trade Mark – Right to Sue for Infringement

"No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered trade mark; but nothing in this Act shall be...