By Oluwatosin Dairo

The Nigerian Patent Registry refuses patent applications for Software or Computer-implemented inventions. This paper addresses the mundane practice and administrative policy which refuses the registration of software inventions and proposes that these practices be changed in line with the rapid development in the field of computer technology. This paper further examines these registration challenges and recommends that there is urgent need to improve on the technical and legal knowledge of how the rights of ownership of software inventions are apportioned. Click here to read more…