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CONTRACT - construction - exclusive licence granted to plaintiffs
to use defendant s registered trade marks on prescribed cheese
and butter products - whether defendant prohibited from using the
trade marks on any products - whether prohibition on
defendant s use of trade marks limited to products as defined
in agreements - prohibition on defendant s use of trade marks
limited to products as defined.
RECTIFICATION - unilateral and common mistake - claim for
rectification of agreements to insert the words on or in
relation to any product or otherwise whatsoever - whether at
the time of executing agreements plaintiffs misapprehended that the
contrary to honest commercial
practice.
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Trademark
The name, logo, slogan, or hashtags of a business concept may be
protected as trademarks. A trademark right can be obtained by
registration at the Nigerian Trade Mark Registry or through use.
This form of protection grants the owner exclusive rights to use
the mark in connection with the concepts and enables users
distinguish the concept from other concepts available in the
market. It may also prevent third parties from marketing their
company under an identical or confusingly similar
trademark.
19 Upon registration, the
proprietor s right in the trademark subsists for 7
years and is subject to renewals at 14-year