The South-East Regional Coordinator of NEPC, Mr Arnold
Jackson disclosed this at the opening of a two-day workshop for potential
exporters on Wednesday in Enugu State
Jackson said that the training would also focus on the
importance and effects of bilateral trade agreements in the global market.
“The council thought it necessary to improve the capacity of
potential exporters on the importance and effects of bilateral trade agreements
as part of measures to boost international trade,” he said.
He said that the essence of the training was to reduce the
risk of producers, especially in the creative industry, losing the benefits of
their intellectual property to pirates.
The regional coordinator said that it had become necessary
for exporters to learn the intricacies of product licensing and patent from a
legal perspective.
Jackson expressed worry that cases of infringements on
intellectual property had been on the rise.
Also speaking, a representative of the Legal Unit of the
council, Mr Ben Achor, said that bilateral trade agreements, licensing and
patenting of intellectual property were important in international trade.
According to Achor, the aforementioned are windows to
understanding were one wants to trade and who you are trading with.
“Bilateral trade agreements and patenting are international
policies that exporters must pay attention to in order to have the right
direction.
“Every exporter should understand where there are bilateral
agreements between their country and the importing country of their products to
be able to understand the tariff regime and stand clear in dealing with such
countries,” Achor said.
In his remarks, a Principal Trade Promotion Officer, Legal
Unit, NEPC, Mrs Ngozi Ojekwe said that
any confidential business information which provided an enterprise a
competitive edge could be considered a trade secret.
“The unauthorised use of
information by persons other than their holder is regarded as an unfair
practice and a violation of trade secrets,” Ngozi said.
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