Nigeria trademark search
PlannedIPO Nigeria
How to search and register a trademark in Nigeria, from official sources. Signa has no records covering Nigeria yet.
Search
Search the IPO Nigeria register
Availability Search (IPO Nigeria portal) is Intellectual Property Office Nigeria (Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry, Commercial Law Department, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment)'s own search tool.
- Languages
- English
- Account required
- Yes
- Limits
- The availability search sits behind the portal sign-in, so its search screens could not be viewed for this file.
How to search
- Open the IPO Nigeria home page and choose Search Now under Availability Search.
- Sign in with an email and password, or sign up for a portal account.
- Search existing trademarks, patents or designs from the portal.
Register
Register a trademark in Nigeria
What IPO Nigeria requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at the Trademarks Registry
- Classification
- Nice Classification (45 classes)
- Opposition
- 2 months from publication of the application in the Trade Marks Journal (Trade Marks Act, section 20) (pre-registration)
- Term
- 7 years from the filing date, renewable for 14 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- A registration lasts 7 years and is renewed for periods of 14 years; the mark is registered as of the application date, which counts as the date of registration (Trade Marks Act, sections 22 and 23).
- Nigeria is not a member of the Madrid Protocol, so protection requires a national application.
International
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Nigeria is not a member of the Madrid Protocol, so an international registration through WIPO cannot designate it.
Signa
What Signa holds for Nigeria
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Sources
Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.