Dike Geo Motors Ltd. v. Allied Signal Inc. confirms that trademark registration does not grant immunity from infringement or passing off claims. The decision strengthens the principle that intellectual property protection is grounded in fairness, honesty, and prevention of consumer confusion rather than formal registration alone.

Nigeria's electricity sector is at an inflection point. For years, the promise of decentralised power (mini-grids, embedded generation, distributed renewables, etc) has been constrained not by technology or demand, but by a regulatory framework that could not keep pace with the market's ambitions.

While consent remains the primary lawful basis for processing identifiable personal data, the law recognises specific exemptions where filming without consent is permitted.

Trademarks exist primarily to distinguish the goods or services of one business from those of another. When this distinguishing function disappears, the legal justification for trademark protection also disappears.

In litigation, defendants rarely concede authorship or ownership. They typically challenge originality, authorship, chain of title, locus standi, and evidence of copying.

This evidentiary burden explains why copyright disputes sometimes fail not because copyright does not subsist, but because ownership or standing is not sufficiently proven.