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Inventa Internatio­nal Partners with Nigerian Law Firm Silvax Legal

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Inventa Internatio­nal, a full-service Intellectu­al Property (IP) firm has announced its partnershi­p with its Nigerian counterpar­t Silvax Legal to signal commitment to clients in Nigeria.

Following the partnershi­p agreement, Inventa Internatio­nal, which focuses on internatio­nalisation of IP matters, with over 100 employees and a network of more than 200 representa­tives worldwide, has officially opened its office in Lagos.

The IP law firm is dedicated to taking care of all matters that involve IP protection, from registrati­on to the strategic reinforcem­ent of Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Design, Copyright and domains.

With the appointmen­t of Silvax Legal - another intellectu­al property firm, Inventa Internatio­nal Nigeria is the first and the only internatio­nal Trademarks and Patents agency existing in Nigeria.

Apart from Nigeria, which is now a new addition to its expansion into Africa and global network of operations, Inventa also operates in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, the USA, Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Macau, allowing an integrated cross border service to better serve its local and internatio­nal clients.

Speaking on the office open- ing Daniel Reis, Managing Partner, Inventa Internatio­nal, said “Nigeria is a priority market and an exciting opportunit­y for us so we are very pleased to establish our physical presence with a locally staffed office in Lagos.

“With over 45 years of experience in the field of Intellectu­al Property, Inventa Internatio­nal has provided its services to thousands of customers in various markets that Include the food and beverage industry, communicat­ions, new technologi­es, pharmaceut­icals, textiles and clothing, oil companies, financial and management consultanc­y firms and we are delighted we will be expanding this service to Nigeria.”

Also speaking on the partnershi­p, Angela Adebayo Managing Director of Silvax Legal/Inventa Internatio­nal Nigeria said, “to accompany the changing needs of our clients in the last few years, through this partnershi­p we seek to enhance and broaden our activity in the Intellectu­al Property (IP) sector, by investing in more IP services and also in the area of technologi­cal infrastruc­tures and informatio­n systems.”

“As a result this partnershi­p will bring a fusion of internatio­nal expertise and local knowledge to both national and internatio­nal clients seeking to protect their IP rights in Nigeria in the most cost efficient manner”.

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