By O. Kayode (Guest Author)
Are Service Marks currently registrable in Nigeria?
Most trademark law practitioners in Nigeria must have come across this particular question numerous times in the course of their practice lives.
In over 10 years of practicing Trade Mark Law in Nigeria, we have encountered this question at least once or twice a week from both local and international owners of trade and service marks seeking protection under the laws of industrial property, in particular trademark law.
One might ask:
What is a service mark? Why should it be protected in Nigeria? Who will benefit from the protection?
What do we stand to lose as a nation, as consumers and as practitioners if service marks continue
not to be protected in Nigeria ?
