What rights do you gain by registering a trademark in Nigeria?

Registering a trademark gives you the following rights:

• the sole right to use the trademark


• the ability to challenge later applications that conflict with your trademark


• the power to cancel a later registration that conflicts with your trademark


• the right to allow others to use the trademark through licensing


• the authority to ask customs to seize counterfeit goods


• the right to sue others for using a mark that is confusingly similar


• the right to claim damages or compensation for trademark infringement