PATENT
Our expertise includes patent portfolio management; patent registration, patent litigation, patent assignment, transfer and transactional issues for patents rights.
PATENT INFORMATION
Nigerian patent applications are examined based on form only which, as a result, keep filing costs down for clients compared to other countries. TWC’s professional fees make it inexpensive to obtain a granted patent in Nigeria. The Nigerian registrar allows a deadline of 30 months for filing a PCT national phase application and it is important to note that no extension will be granted.
INTERNATIONAL / REGIONAL CONVENTIONS
Nigeria applies the depository system and is a member of the following unions:
- Paris Convention – 1963
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) – 2005
- Patent Law Treaty – 2000
- TRIPS Agreement – 1995
Filing Information for Nigeria:
- A request for a grant of patent with the applicants name and address
- A specification including a claim or claims in duplicate
- Plans and designs, if any, in duplicate
- A declaration by the true owner of the invention
- A signed Power of Attorney or authorisation
- An address for service in Nigeria if the applicant’s address is outside the country
- A patent is renewable every year.
