Nigeria: Patent

The FIFA World Cup 2026, currently hosted in North America across the United States, Canada and Mexico will generate substantial value from commercial activities including broadcasting rights, sponsorships, merchandising, licensing and digital engagement. These commercial activities are sustained by a network of intellectual property (IP) rights, including trademarks, copyright, patents and image rights.

WIPO has established its first Sub-Saharan African office in Abuja, Nigeria, aiming to strengthen intellectual property awareness and support innovation across the region. How will this strategic expansion impact IP development, entrepreneurship, and economic growth throughout Sub-Saharan Africa?

The pharmaceutical industry faces a critical challenge: balancing the need to reward innovation through patents with ensuring access to life-saving medications. This article examines how developing economies like Nigeria can structure patent ecosystems that encourage pharmaceutical innovation while maintaining affordable access to essential medicines, exploring mechanisms such as voluntary licensing, compulsory licensing, and differential pricing.

Nigeria's startup landscape has evolved rapidly over the last decade, positioning the country as one of Africa's most dynamic innovation hubs. The rise of fintech, health tech, agri-tech...

In the modern sporting arena, competition is no longer confined to the 90 minutes on a pitch or the seconds on a track. We have entered an era where sports is a sophisticated global ecosystem powered...

Nigeria is intensifying efforts to ensure that scientific discoveries do not remain confined to laboratories but instead evolve into products that can improve healthcare outcomes.

IP Finance (Intellectual Property Finance) is the concept of treating intellectual property assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and design rights as economic and financial assets...

Nigeria, like many countries around the world, offers a patent system to incentivize innovation and protect intellectual property.

A patent is a right granted by the government to an inventor to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing the invention for a limited period.