On June 23, 2017, WIPO announced a review of the Nice Classification. The changes are said to have been adopted by the Committee of Experts of the Nice Union at its 27 th Session held in Geneva from May 1 to 5, 2017. Since its inception in 1957 following the Nice Agreements, the Nice Classification has continuously been reviewed by the Committee of Experts. Currently, the Nice 11-2017 is in use. The Classification, which is used by all countries parties to the Madrid System as well as some other countries like Nigeria, who are not parties to the System, contains 45 classes under which marks are registered. Classes 1 to 34 relate to goods while 25 to 34 relate to services. The new Nice Classification (11 th Edition Version 2018) will come into force on January 1, 2018 It will appear that this recent review is aimed to clarify the use of certain words in the international classification as there appears to be only innocuous changes in the heads of products and services und...

This is the very first post I shall be sharing on this blog. Yes we are latecomers in the business of blogging. But, as they say, it's better late than never. This blog shall be dedicated to 1. Sharing issues on law especially matters relating to intellectual property law. 2. Providing readers with step by step procedures on how to protect their intellectual property rights. 3. Offer readers the legal services (sometimes pro bono) in the protection of their intellectual property rights 4. Share funny, comical and other news materials on intellectual property. 5. Do any other thing that is incidental to the protection of Intellectual property law. Doesn't it appear that it's all about IP?. Well. It is about IP and so much more. One thing I guarantee you is, it will be exciting, educating, rewarding and profitable. So, let us roll