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Africa IP highlights 2023: Trade marks

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Today, it’s about the trade marks. February: In Nigeria, the Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 2022 , was signed into law. The Court held that the Appellant’s trademark and Respondents’ can co-exist in the trademark register despite their similarity and confusion.

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Marketing and IPR

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction It often happens that a company’s trademark is confused with its brand and on top of that, the brand name or trade name. A trade name is a name under which a company pursues its business and needs to be distinguished from the entity’s registered or legal name.

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Trademark lawyer in India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The growth of Intellectual Property Rights has led to an increase in demand for trademark lawyers in India. Trademarks have become an important part of running a business. Increasingly, businesses across India are applying for trademarks. Before you register a trademark, you need to ensure that it is distinctive.

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Role of Trademark Lawyer in India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The growth of Intellectual Property Rights has led to an increase in demand for trademark lawyers in India. Trademarks have become an important part of running a business. Increasingly, businesses across India are applying for trademarks. Who is a trademark agent ?

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Importance of Nice Classification

IP and Legal Filings

The Nice Agreement, concluded at Nice in 1957, revised at Stockholm in 1967 and at Geneva in 1977, and amended in 1979, establishes a classification of goods and services for the purposes of registering trademarks and service marks (the Nice Classification).

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Trademark and Its Regulations

IP and Legal Filings

The registration of your product holds enormous significance as it ensures your mark isn’t misrepresented in the market, safeguards your goodwill, ensures control over advertising and branding, and the list can go on. Under The Trademarks Act 1999, a trademark if registered comes to be known as a registered trademark.