IP in Nigeria: Developments from the last year
IP Filing Statistics from the Nigerian Registry for the full year of 2016 Patent applications: 908 Trade mark applications: 19,362 60% of trade marks and 55% of patent applications were filed using the IPAS (manual filing system) while 40% and 45% were filed online via the e-Filing system. A significant increase from 2015, where only 17% and 34% (respectively) were filed via IPAS. Demand for patent protection is increasing - Shell, Chevron, Glaxo, Unilever, Novartis and P
Nigeria's acting president works to boost economy
In the absence of President Buhari, Osinbajo has shown himself as a modern day leader. His leadership style and crisis management has been totally different from his boss. When Nigerians took to the streets to vent their frustrations in the face of economic hardship, Osinbajo responded that the people were exercising their constitutional rights. Instead of implementing the existing protocol of cracking down opposition. When the labour leaders protested against bad working c
