About

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Our Intellectual Property & Technology practice is best known for its excellent and meticulous approach to matters. We are recognized globally and by our peers as a pre-eminent practice with significant expertise in the protection and enforcement of various forms of IP rights. These include matters relating to Patents & Designs, Trademarks and Trade names, Copyright and Allied rights, Entertainment and Media, Trade Secrets, and commercially sensitive information as well as licensing, intellectual property issues arising in government or agency contracts and ancillary international trade issues.


We are particularly skilled in portfolio management of Trademarks and Designs at the Nigerian Trade Marks, Patent & Designs Registry involving the application for, publication, registration, and renewals of trademarks. We also undertake the assignment of trademarks and the recordation of Registered User Agreements to third parties or subsidiaries. Our expertise extends to the filing, prosecution, or defense of our clients’ applications in opposition proceedings before the Registrar of Trade Mark.


We expanded our practice to data privacy & protection and obtained our license to operate as Data Protection Compliance Organisation (DPCO) in Nigeria in 2019. Our area of practice also extends to telecommunications law and we regularly provide legal advisory/consultancy services various local and international companies.

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property & TMT - Nigeria
4
Band 4
What the team is known for

SPA Ajibade & Co regularly advises its clients in relation to regulatory and data privacy and protection matters. Its team also maintains significant abilities in representing clients in contentious copyright, trade mark and patent cases, as well as advising on portfolio management. The firm has offices in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja.

Work Highlights

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  • SPA Ajibade & Co represented Fan Milk in an appeal against the decisions of the Trade Mark Registrar regarding opposition proceedings.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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John Onyido
3
John Onyido
Head of Intellectual Property & TMT
3
Band 3

John Onyido has a strong presence in the Nigerian IP market. Based in Lagos, he has expertise covering trade mark portfolios, licensing and copyright advice as well as IP litigation. He further assists clients with data protection issues.

"John Onyido is an extremely knowledgeable lawyer."

"John has a strong knowledge of the trade mark space. He is also very committed and has a quick turnaround time."

Ranked Lawyers at
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John Onyido
3
John Onyido
Head of Intellectual Property & TMT
3
Band 3

Members

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Bolaji Gabari

Franklin Okoro

John Onyido

John Onyido

Head of Department

Maryam Abdulsalam

Clients

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Afriglobal Medicare Limited

Ajala Studios

Dizengoff West Africa Limited

Fan Milk International and Fan Milk Plc

KIZA Restaurant & Lounge

Kalabash Techology Solutions Limited

Marsh/FJC International Insurance Brokers Limited

Onburd.com Limited

Onepipe.io Services Limited

Overland Airways Limited

Seacron Educational Nigeria Limited

Suol Innovations Ltd

Voiceweb International Ltd

Wakanow.com Limited

Industries

Provided by SPA Ajibade & Co

Arts and Sports

Aviation

Commerce

Consumer Protection

Creative Industry

Data Protection

Entertainment

Financial

Gaming

Healthcare

Insurance

Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Manufacturing

Technology

Telecommunications

Tourism