Dr. Chidi Oguamanam
Partner
E: Chidi@blackfriars-law.com
P:+234 1 739 0397 (Lagos)
P: +1613 5625800
Areas of Practice
Clearance and Registration of Trademarks, Patents and Copyright
Copyrights
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
IPRs Litigation
Domestic and International Arbitration
Foreign Direct Investment
Securities
Professional Membership
Nigerian Bar Association
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Education
Ph.D., (UBC)
LL.M., (UBC)
B.L., (Lagos)
LL.B., (Ife)
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Bar Admission
Nigeria
Nova Scotia
About
Widely considered to be Nigeria’s foremost authority in Intellectual Property and Information Technology law, Chidi heads our Intellectual Property Rights Practice Group. As the Head of our Intellectual Property Rights Practice Group, Chidi’s clients include multinational corporations, research institutes, government departments, and artistes and producers of intellectual property. A formidable litigator and consummate negotiator, Chidi is an avid collector of folk songs and our in-house expert on politics in Nigeria.
Publications
International Law and Indigenous Knowledge: Intellectual Property, Plant Biodiversity and Traditional Medicine (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006)
Documentation and Digitization of Traditional Knowledge and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Prospects
Patents and Traditional Medicine: Digital Capture, Creative Legal Interventions and the Dialectics of Knowledge Transformation
Lawyers’ Professionalism, Colonialism, State Formation and National Life in Nigeria, 1900-1960: The Fighting Brigade of the People
Regime Tension in the Intellectual Property Rights Arena: Farmers’ Rights and Post-TRIPS Counter Regime Trends
Biomedical Orthodoxy and Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Ethical Challenges of Integrating Medical Cultures