We have recently received an influx of enquiries from clients regarding the possibility of filing a so-called "SANi patent”. While scratching our collective heads, we quickly realised that the SANi patent is a title bestowed upon a non-existent ‘regional patent’ that supposedly grants patent protection in both South Africa and Nigeria.
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