Trademark registration in Nigeria is regulated by the Trademarks
Act 1967 and Trademarks Regulations. The application is made to the
Trademarks Registrar in the Trademarks, Patents and Designs
registry under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Investment.
Trademarks can be registered by any natural or artificial person
with interest in a mark. A duly registered trademark grants an
exclusive right to use the trademark in relation to the goods and
services it was registered. A trademark owner has a right to
institute an action for infringement of the trademark.
PROCEDURE
Official Acknowledgement of Application
Upon verification of statutory fees, the registry opens an
official file for the fresh application, and an acknowledgement
form is then issued, which assigns a temporary number to the
application. This acknowledgement form simply acknowledges that an
application has been received at the registry on a particular date,
which date remains the official
