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.