04 PRACTICE AREA
Intellectual Property & Innovation Law
Ideas are Africa’s most undervalued asset class. We change that.
OVERVIEW
Every technology company, every creative business, every research institution is ultimately an IP portfolio with an operating model attached. LexInventum treats intellectual property not as paperwork but as strategy — the difference between owning value and merely generating it.
WHAT WE DO
Protection
Trademark, patent, copyright, and industrial design registration and portfolio management — in Nigeria, across African IP systems (ARIPO, OAPI), and internationally (Madrid, PCT)
Trade secret programmes: identification, documentation, and enforcement readiness
Software, database, and dataset protection strategies
Commercialisation
IP licensing, assignment, and franchising
IP-backed financing and valuation support
Spin-outs, university technology transfer, and research commercialisation
Brand architecture for scaling companies
Enforcement & Disputes
Infringement analysis, cease-and-desist strategy, and settlement
Anti-counterfeiting programmes
Domain name and online marketplace disputes
Opposition and cancellation proceedings
Innovation Counsel
IP strategy for AI, software, fintech, healthtech, and deep tech
Open-source compliance and contribution policies
Freedom-to-operate analysis before product launch
Employee and contractor IP assignment frameworks — getting ownership right from day one