Areas Of Practice
Working with A.A. Tejuoso & Co.
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY LAW
A.A.Tejuoso & Co is a full service law firm specializing in Intellectual Property law covering Sub-Saharan African countries including Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, OAPI & ARIPO regions.
All our work is conducted in an efficient and professional manner representing IP owners, firms and their clients as an undisclosed principal whilst operating within professional internationally approved client care standards.
OTHER SERVICES
Experienced Attorneys to Guide You at Each Step of the Process
| We can assist you in | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Trademark Availability Searches | ✓ Trademark Watch Service |
| ✓ Filings & Registrations | ✓ Renewals |
| ✓ Opposition Proceedings | ✓ Recordals of Amendments, Assignments, Merger Agreements, Licences |
- Providing our clients with cost estimates for searching and filing applications.
- Conducting comprehensive clearance searches including analysis about registration of the required trademarks and providing advice on the most appropriate and cost-effective method to obtain a clearance.
- Preparing and filing trademark applications, including obtaining appropriate legalisation of documents and translations (if applicable).
- Responding to office actions and potential third-party oppositions.
- Negotiating settlement agreements, when necessary, to overcome prior marks.
- Obtaining a Certificate of Trademark Registration once your trademark is approved.
- Recording changes in name and address of proprietor, assignments, licenses, and renewals of trademarks.
| We can assist you in | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Patent Filing & Prosecution | ✓ Patent Annuity Payments |
| ✓ Infringement & Related Litigation | ✓ Filing Opposition & Responses |
| ✓ Recordals of Amendments, Assignments, Merger Agreements, Licences | ✓ Annuity Monitoring Service |
Patent Registration
Our experienced registered patent attorneys handle patent applications across Africa through a network of trusted professionals located throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
To secure full patent rights for our clients, we provide the following services:
- Filing of national or PCT national phase applications.
- Filing applications to record change of name/address of applicants and recordal of an Assignment of Patent rights.
- Payment of the due annuities for pending and registered patents.
Industrial Designs
| We can assist you in | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Design Filing & Prosecution | ✓ Design Renewals |
| ✓ Recordals of Amendments, Assignments, Merger Agreements, Licences | ✓ Renewal Monitoring Services |
Design Registration protects the overall look of the whole or a part of your design. A Registered Design grants exclusive rights in the look and appearance of your product.
You can prevent others from making, offering, putting on the market, importing, exporting, using, or stocking for those purposes a product to which your design is applied.
You can claim protection for the shape of a product, a two-dimensional surface pattern or graphic design, or a combination of the two.
Our team of attorneys will assist you in protecting all aspects of your designs.
A.A Tejuoso & Co. strives to protect our clients’ Intellectual Property from infringement through tailor-made strategies that take into account the different laws, governmental resources, and enforcement mechanisms.
We have a committed and diverse team of attorneys with practical international experience and the know-how to enforce your rights as an Intellectual Property owner.
A.A Tejuoso & Co. offers a full range of services to assist our clients in effectively combating counterfeiting and enforcing their Intellectual Property Rights:
| The following services are provided by AAT | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Criminal Prosecution | ✓ Assisting with Administrative / Regulatory Action brought via the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). |
| ✓ Civil Enforcement | ✓ Prosecution of Online Counterfeiting |
OTHER SERVICES
Energy & Natural Resources
A.A. Tejuoso & Co. has extensive experience in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Law, Mining Law,
and Mineral Resources Law. This includes a wide range of matters from domestic to
international exploration, development, acquisitions, sales, and financing,
to regulatory and environmental compliance requirements affecting Oil and Gas
and Mining operations.
We prepare Joint Venture Agreements, Farm-Out Agreements, Joint Operations Agreements,
and Commercial Warehousing Agreements, and assist clients with the drafting and
negotiation of Energy and Natural Resource Industry Agreements.
Corporate Finance & Securities
A.A. Tejuoso & Co. can assist with Public Offerings, Mergers and Acquisitions,
Equity Investments, Private Equity and Debt Finance, Business Restructuring,
Partnerships, and Joint Venture Structuring.
Our securities practice includes representation of issuers in a wide range of
public and private equity and debt offerings and financings, as well as providing
continuing compliance support for publicly held clients. We also form partnerships,
joint ventures, and other strategic alliances.
Maritime & Shipping Law
| We advise on the following areas: | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Charter Party / Bill of Lading Disputes | ✓ Cargo Claims |
| ✓ Ship Sale and Purchase / Construction and Building Disputes | ✓ Insurance and Reinsurance |
| The following services are provided by AAT: | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Leases | ✓ Preparation and drafting of conveyancing documents |
| ✓ Advising and drafting of commercial and residential leases | ✓ Obtaining governmental consents |
| ✓ Acquisitions | ✓ Financial structuring of property transactions |
| ✓ Negotiating and drafting sale agreements for residential and commercial properties | ✓ Project and commercial property development finance advice |
| ✓ Deducing and registration of title | ✓ Real estate acquisitions and disposals |
| ✓ Joint ventures | ✓ Real Estate management |
| ✓ Real estate funding arrangements | |