Areas Of Practice
Working with A.A. Tejuoso & Co.
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.
| We can assist you in | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Trademark Availability Searches | ✓ Trademark Watch Service |
| ✓ Filings & Registrations | ✓ Renewals |
| ✓ Opposition Proceedings | ✓ Recordals of Amendments, Assignments, Merger Agreements, Licences |
1. Providing our clients with cost estimates for searching and filing applications.
2. 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.
3. Preparing and filing trademark applications, including obtaining appropriate legalisation of documents and translations (if applicable).
4. Responding to office actions and potential third party oppositions.
5. Negotiating settlement agreements, when necessary, to overcome prior marks.
6. Obtaining a Certificate of Trademark Registration once your trademark is approved.
7. Recording changes in name and address of proprietor, assignments, licenses and renewals of trademarks.
| We can assist you in | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Patent Filing & Prosecution | ✓ Patent Annuity Payment’s |
| ✓ Infringement & Related Litigation | ✓ Filing Opposition & Responses |
| ✓ Recordals of Amendments, Assignments, Merger Agreements, Licences | ✓ Annuity Monitoring Service |
Patent Registration
Our experienced registered patent attorneys deal with patent applications to be filed across Africa through a network or trusted professionals located across Sub-Saharan Africa.
To secure full patent rights for our clients we provide the following services:
1. Filing of national or PCT national phase applications.
2. Filing applications to record change of name/address of applicants and the recordal of an Assignment of Patent rights.
3. Payment of the due annuities for pending and registered patents.
| We can assist you in | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Design Filing & Prosecution | ✓ Design Renewals |
| ✓ Recordals of Amendments, Assignments, Merger Agreements, Licences | ✓ Renewal Monitoring Services |
| The following Services are Provided by AAT | |
|---|---|
| ✓ Criminal Prosecution | ✓ Assisting with Administrative / Regulatory Action brought via Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). |
| ✓ Civil Enforcement | ✓ Prosecution of Online counterfeiting |
OTHER SERVICES
A.A. Tejuoso & Co. has experience in Nigeria Oil and Gas Law, Mining Law and Mineral resources Law. This includes a wide range of matters from domestic to international exploration, development, acquisitions, sale and financing, regulatory and environmental requirements of Oil and Gas and Mining concerns.
We prepare Joint Venture, Farm Out Agreements, Joint Operations Agreements as well as Commercial Warehousing Agreements and assist client with the drafting and negotiations of Oil Industry Agreements
A.A. Tejuoso & Co. has experience in Nigeria Oil and Gas Law, Mining Law and Mineral resources Law. This includes a wide range of matters from domestic to international exploration, development, acquisitions, sale and financing, regulatory and environmental requirements of Oil and Gas and Mining concerns.
A.A. Tejuoso & Co. can assist with Public Offerings, Mergers and Acquisitions, Equity Investments, Private Equity and Debt Finance, Business restructuring, Partnerships, and Joint Ventures structuring.
Our securities practice includes representation of issuers in a wide range of public and private equity debt offerings and financings as well as in connection with continuing compliance matters for publicly held clients. We also form partnerships, joint ventures and other strategic alliances.
| 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 |
| ✓ Damage claims | ✓ Groundings and unsafe port claims |
| ✓ Arrest of ships and enforcement of debts | ✓ Commodity disputes including international sales |
| ✓ Letters of Credit and Bills of Exchange | ✓ Salvage |
| 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 Structure of property transactions |
| ✓ Negotiating and Drafting Sale Agreements of Residential and Commercial properties | ✓ Project and Commercial property development Finance advice |
| ✓ Deducing and Registration of Title | ✓ Real estate acquisitions and disposals |
| ✓ Joint Ventures | ✓ Estate Management |
| ✓ Real Estate Funding Arrangements | |