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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE PROTECTION OF TRADEMARK RIGHTS IN NIGERIA

Trademark counterfeiting and its devastating effects raise alot of concern for the lapses in an economy because of a strong desire of unscrupulous individuals for quick wealth which makes infringers to cut corners in order to be rich. In Nigeria some major places and markets where counterfeits are generally found include Onitsha market in Anambra State, Aba market in Abia State, Alaba market Lagos State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida market in Minna town, Abubakar Rimi market in Sabon gari Kano town which are allegedly dominated by counterfeiters, creating barriers of entry for the producers of t…