Basics of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria

By: David Adamgbo

Here I’ll be talking about six different areas of intellectual property law which is also referred to as IP or IP Law, these areas include:

> Patents
> Copyrights
> Trademark
> Industrial Design
> Trade Secrets and,
> Right of Publicity

Basically intellectual property law is a law or a set of legislative enactments created to protect the product of human ingenuity (intangible assets such as words, sounds images etc).

Patents

A patent is a monopoly over an invention and The Patent Act governs the registration and administration of patents in Nigeria. Patents cover compositions of matter, basically composition of matter is a broad concept, it can be anything ranging from new chemicals to machinery or even an app or a computer software.

But because you have something that’s within a patents subject matter it doesn’t necessarily mean you can get a patent for it, in other to get a patent you must prove novelty, utility and nonobviousness. However a patent can’t be granted for inventions which are contrary to public order and morality. The term of a patent last for a period of twenty (20) years from the period of registration and it’s none renewable.

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