Africa Fashion Law

Happy New Month beautiful people, I will be answering a very important question based on the trademark registration and a company registration. So many individuals believe that the trademark registration is tantamount to the company registration. So i will be giving a brief and clear answer to the question: "Is a company registration equivalent to the trademark registration?" The Trademark registration is very different from the registration of legal entities, entities like companies, business names, partnerships and so on. The registration of legal entities in Nigeria is handled by the Corporate Affairs Commission. While the registration of a Trademark is handled by The Registry of Trademarks, Patents and Designs under the Commercial Law Department of the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry. A registration in any of the separate government  department is not an automatic registration in the other. Trademark depicts the authenticity and source of products and ...