STRENGTHENING THE PATENT SYSTEM IN NIGERIA

Abstract

A strong patent system in Nigeria will, undoubtedly, create the enabling legal environment for the transfer of newer technologies to the country to take her over the threshold of underdevelopment. This article analyses the system in Nigeria; compares it with other systems around the world where massive transfers of technology, made possible by favourable patent regime, brought speedy development to such countries. The article comes to the conclusion that the Nigerian patent system as it is cannot cope with the demands of such transfers and recommends, among other things, a review of the extant Law.