Intellectual Property

Our IP practice provides made-to-measure services complemented by the experience of our IP Team. The team ensures that the work is delivered on time and in the most cost-efficient manner while not compromising on quality. We advise on creation, exploitation, and enforcement of IP rights.

Our lawyers handle varying issues relating to IP and they are trusted advisers to multinationals and Private Equity firms to manage their IP Portfolios and provide solutions to their IP issues. In this regard, our advice includes registration, transfer and licensing of intellectual property rights as well as copyright. We recently advised a multinational Pharmaceutical Company in Nigeria on the restructuring of their entire IP portfolio containing over 100 products.

Our IP Team also routinely advises technology companies in a number of sectors including FinTech, EduTech, HealthTech and Logistics. We also advise and handle disputes covering IP rights, co-ordinate litigation and settlement strategies for clients in defence of their IP rights.

What we do

• Registration, transfer and licensing of IP rights
• IP portfolio management and restructuring
• Copyright advisory and enforcement
• Trademark registration and protection
• Patent advisory and prosecution
• IP due diligence in transactions
• Technology company advisory (FinTech, EduTech, HealthTech)
• IP litigation and settlement strategy
• Brand protection and anti-counterfeiting
• Trade secret and confidentiality protection