Episode 4: Women's IP World Podcast - Season 2, Episode 4

Host:

Michele Katz

Founder & CEO

Advitam IP, LLC - Chicago, USA

Guests:

Ngozi Aderibigbe 

Partner and head of the Intellectual Property practice

Jackson, Etti & Edu. - Nigeria

In this episode of the Women's IP World podcast, your host, Michele Katz looks at Ngozi Aderibigbe's impressive education history and delves into the article Nagozi published in the Women's IP World Annual 2022 about the newly developing AfCFTA Agreement.

Ngozi's article titled 'The African Continental Free Trade Area: Implications for Brand Owners' focuses on this newly developing agreement that will help to trade within Africa. Ngozi explains further with Michele how this is one of the largest Free Trade Area Agreements ever to be negotiated and how slow progress is moving in a positive direction. 

Ngozi Aderibigbe is a partner and head of the Intellectual Property practice of Jackson, Etti & Edu. She also doubles as the firm's Technology, Media & Entertainment sector head. Her legal expertise, passion, and intricate sector knowledge set her apart as a thought leader.

Ngozi is a seasoned legal practitioner with over a decade of experience in niche areas of law spanning intellectual property law, privacy and data protection, patent protection, technology licensing, brand protection, and intellectual property litigation. Ngozi has provided strategic intellectual property advisory in several high-profile commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, equity financing, and IP securitisation. She has also led teams of experts conducting intellectual property audits for several companies, including one of Africa's leading telecommunications companies.

In the Technology space, Ngozi has extensive experience advising technology transactions. She routinely advises the full range of technology companies, from global technology companies operating transnationally to tech start-ups at the ideation stage, on legal issues impacting their business. Ngozi also advises creatives and corporates on intellectual property issues affecting their business. She is particularly passionate about helping creatives and corporates to get the best commercial and strategic value out of their intellectual property rights.

Click here to read Ngozi's full article.

Click here to listen to the article in non-intrusive audio format.

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