Category: Nigeria


  • Section 9 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 9 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Distinctiveness needed for registration in Part A. It is under ‘Registrability and validity of registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) In order for a trade mark (other than a certification trade mark) to be registrable in…

  • Section 8 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 8 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Saving for use of name, address or description of goods. It is under ‘Effects of registration and non-registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows: The registration of a trade mark shall not interfere with-(a) any bona fide use…

  • Section 7 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 7 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Saving for vested rights. It is under ‘Effects of registration and non-registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows: Nothing in this Act shall entitle the proprietor or a registered user of a registered trade mark to interfere with…

  • Section 6 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 6 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Right given by registration in Part B. It is under ‘Effects of registration and non-registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, the registration (whether before or after the…

  • Section 5 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 5 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Right given by registration in Part A. It is under ‘Effects of registration and non-registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to the provisions of this section and of sections 7 and 8 of this Act,…

  • Section 4 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 4 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Registration to be in respect of particular goods. It is under ‘Effects of registration and non-registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows: A trade mark must be registered in respect of particular goods or classes of goods, and…

  • Section 3 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 3 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Effect of non-registration. It is under ‘Effects of registration and non-registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows: No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered…

  • Section 2 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 2 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about The register. It is under ‘The Registrar and the register’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) There shall continue to be kept the record called the register of trade marks, inwhich shall be entered all registered trade…

  • Section 1 Trade Marks Act 1967 Section 1 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is aboutThe Registrar of Trade Marks. It is under ‘The Registrar and the register’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) There shall continue to be an officer known as the Registrar of Trade Marks(in this Act referred to as…

  • Section 64 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 64 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Short title. It provides as follows: This Act may be cited as the Sale of Goods Act, 1893.