Nigerian Intellectual Property Registration Service
We offer a range of services for intellectual property (IP) Registration in Nigeria. Our services provide you with a fast, efficient, and cost-effective route for protecting your inventions, trademarks, or works.
SPLASHDICT
I.P Registration Support for Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Industrial Designs
Registering your Intellectual Property (IP)—such as inventions, trademarks, designs, and artistic works—safeguards your competitive edge while unlocking financial opportunities like licensing, commercialization, and increased business valuation.
At SplashDict, we streamline the entire IP registration process, ensuring compliance with Nigerian laws such as the Copyright Act, Patents and Designs Act, and Trade Marks Act. With a fully digital registration system and a team of experts, we guarantee efficiency, accuracy, and transparency, allowing you to focus on your business while we handle the complexities of IP registration.
Failing to register your IP can expose your business to unauthorized use and make legal action against offenders more challenging. Proper registration ensures enforceable rights, providing you with peace of mind and a solid foundation for growth.
Why Choose us?
Our Process
TradeMark Registration
A trademark is your brand’s identity, distinguishing your products or services from competitors in the marketplace. It can include names, logos, slogans, symbols, or designs that represent your business.
Registering your trademark gives you exclusive rights to use it, protecting your brand against unauthorized use and imitation. It adds value to your business by allowing you to license, franchise, or commercialize your mark, generating revenue and enhancing your brand’s credibility.
At SplashDict, we simplify trademark registration with the Commercial Law Department, Ministry of Trade and Investment in Nigeria. Protect your brand today and ensure its lasting impact in the market.
What can be registered as a Trademark?
A name like Nike: MTN, 7Up. A logo like the Apple logo, or the Shell logo. A slogan like "Just do it", "E Choke". etc.
Patent Registration
A patent holder has a monopoly right over the patent, it helps in refraining others from making, selling, or using the patented invention for a specific period and helps keep competitors at bay.
A patent is an exclusive right granted to an inventor for his/her invention, which may be a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
A patent can be commercially exploited by way of assignment or license. Assignment of Patents means the sale of a patent. It is the whole and complete transfer of ownership from the patent owner to any other party based on an assignment agreement.
Whereas, a patent license allows the other party to use the patent in a controlled manner and helps the patent owner to earn revenue while keeping the ownership rights of the patent safe with himself.
We Prepare and file Patent applications with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment.
What can be registered as a Patent?
Patents protect novel inventions or discoveries like pharmaceutical drugs, complex machinery, or advanced software.
Copyright Registration
Copyright is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works.
The rights which a copyright owner enjoys in a work include the right to be acknowledged in any use made of this work and also to prevent any derogatory use; alteration; distortion or mutilation of same (referred to as moral rights).
More importantly, they enjoy the right to earn money from their works by determining the condition under which the work may be commercially used by a third party (economic rights).
You can create confidently, knowing your work is protected against infringement. We register Protected works under the Nigerian Copyright Commission to provide evidence of the possible date of creation of the work and other facts stated in the application form in the event of a dispute.
What can be registered as a Copyright?
Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings.
Comparison of Sole Proprietorship and General Partnership
| Feature | Sole Proprietorship | General Partnership |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Owned and operated by a single individual | Shared ownership and management by two or more individuals |
| Ownership | One individual with complete control | Multiple partners sharing profits and responsibilities |
| Liability | Unlimited personal liability for business debts | Unlimited personal liability for all partners' debts |
| Management | Sole proprietor manages all aspects | Management responsibilities shared among partners |
| Taxation | Business income taxed as personal income | Profits passed through to partners' personal tax returns |
| Formation Requirements | Easy to establish with minimal regulatory requirements | Requires a partnership agreement; may benefit from registration |
| Credibility | May be viewed as less credible due to lack of formal structure | Generally seen as more credible due to multiple stakeholders |
| Business Continuity | Ends upon owner's death or decision to close | Can continue if partners agree, unless specified otherwise |
| Profit Sharing | Sole owner bears all risks | Shared risk among all partners |
| Risk Exposure | Minimal compliance and ongoing obligations | More regulatory oversight depending on business nature |
REGISTER SP | REGISTER GP |
Benefits of CAC Partnership Registration
Why use SplashDict for
Intellectual Property Protcetion Service?
Intellectual property (IP) rights protect genuine business assets that can be vital to your products or services or the success and profitability of your business. There are many advantages to securing your intellectual property rights.
Your intellectual property is a valuable intangible asset that should be protected to enhance your competitive advantage in the marketplace. IP is protected in law by, for example, patents, designs, copyright, and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or financial benefit from what they invent or create.
Our dedicated IP team will take over the administrative burden to ensure your rights are registered, managed, and protected.
IP can generate income for your business through licensing, sale, or commercialization of protected products or services. This can, in turn, improve your market share or raise your profits.
In case of sale, merger, or acquisition, having registered and protected IP assets can raise the value of your business.
Ideas on their own have little value. However, IP can help you to turn ideas into commercially successful products and services.
Licensing your patents or copyright, for example, can lead to a steady stream of royalties and additional income that can boost your business's bottom line.
IP can increase your competitiveness in export markets. You can use brands and designs to market goods and services abroad, seek franchising agreements with overseas companies, or export your patented products.
You can monetize your IP assets through sale, licensing, or using them as collateral for debt financing. As well as this, you can use your IP as an advantage when applying for public or government funding, eg grants, subsidies, or loans.
We'll be performing our duties effectively and accurately, so you don’t have to worry that you’re doing anything wrong, reducing the risk of financial penalties.
Strong IP helps consumers to make the best choice regarding the reliability, safety, and effectiveness of their product purchases.
Enforced IP rights ensure the product's authenticity and high quality that consumers expect from the producers.
Ease of mind and confidence that consumers demand and markets rely on, can be promoted with the help of IP rights.
We store and organize all of your documents in an easily accessible format, helping you avoid any late or incorrectly-filed documentation.
As an entrepreneur or small business owner, you don’t have time to waste. We free up your time at a cost-effective rate so you can focus on what matters most: your core business principles.
IP is essential in creating an image for your business. Think trademarks, logos, or the design of your products. IP can help you differentiate your products and services in the market and promote them to your customers.
