The discourse is a Section by Section Analysis of the Act annotated with judicial precedent and a summary of the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders like the Registry and the Applicant.
Highlights include
- This book Categorizes the different kinds of marks under the Trade Marks Act, Classification of Marks
- Provides practical guidance on the rights provided by the Act, for instance, the rights of an unregistered mark, the right of exclusive use of a registered mark, and when the law will recognize the right to exclusive use of a mark and when the law will not.
- Provides practical guidance as to when a mark is eligible for registration, steps to be taken to accomplish the registration.
Features and Benefits of the Commentaries
- Provides guidance as to forums and mechanisms for dispute resolution under Trade Marks Act.
- Features Process Flow Charts, that explain the process of Trade Mark applications end to end; Qualities that make a trade Mark registrable in Nigeria and Defences to a trademark infringement action etc.
- Each commentary on each section is broken down into the wording of the statute, an analysis of the provisions of the Section with judicial precedent, and reference to scholarly works.
- Sets out in the concluding part of the commentary on each section, a summary of the roles and duties of role players to whom the section refers to e.g. duties of the Registry, duties of a potential Trade Mark Applicant duties of the Court premised on the section under consideration, etc. for guidance and clarity regarding the demands of the Act.
- Contains as Appendixes the full text of the Trade Marks Act, and the Trade Marks Regulations.
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