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Registration of a trademark or design offers the owner an exclusive right to the trademark or design. The exclusive right is regarded to be infringed by any person who uses the mark or any other mark which is identical to the mark and is likely to deceive or confuse the public . Designs and Trademarks are registered by the Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry under the Commercial Law Department of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. Simply put the registration of design and trademarks protects you from someone deliberately or unintentionally passing off your goods as his/her own.