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If you are Nigerian I am pretty sure you must have received a ”Please Call me” text😁
My first thought was did they explore. arbitration or mediation or any other form of ADR?
In the movie Acrimony Lyriq Bent who played Robert Gayle refused to settle for the meagre sum that was offered to him by the company and finally got what he wanted which was to license his product for XXXX amount of money
A. A patent gives the patentee exclusive right to make, use, or sell the invention;
b. By granting the patentee a monopoly, a patent shields a business or invention from competition;
d. A patent portfolio impresses investors since it functions as a monopoly in a market, thus boosting investment;
e. A patent provides revenue-generating opportunities
Yes or No? 😁
”Mr Makate invented Please Call Me when he was a trainee accountant at Vodacom in November 2001. The invention was born out of his communication difficulties with his then long-distance girlfriend (now wife) because they couldn’t afford airtime. Love is Sweet ☺️
Now when you are employed make sure you go through the letter with a lawyer while you may be focused on other terms
This is very important because ”The Please Call me” was invented while Mr Makate was a trainee accountant at Vodacom.
”This figure excludes advertising revenue linked to the innovation, Please Recharge Me
I recall MTN, in particular, had these two services strange how these services disappeared in Nigeria 👀
Anyways moving on
Steady income right?
What do you think?
1. If new/novel it must result from an inventive activity and is capable of industrial application or
The trend that has been prevalent in this digital age is the act of calling out infringers on SM instead of suing. Let's do better this year and beyond