I've just been thinking, firstly I want to acknowledge am not good in STARTUP LAW or law in general or all these things called copyright and Trademarks, IP etc


My question is; Can an entrepreneur in Nigeria go ahead and register his Nigeria company name with a well established Company name already registered in the USA?

for instance, although this is a gross example. Can someone in Nigeria go and register his Company name as TESLA Limited, when Tesla is owned by Elonmusk?

Can a software engineer go and register his company as Stripe when it's already a big brand in the USA.

Can you even register your NGN Business with a company name that the name is already in abroad that aren't that big brand yet but you noticed it's also registered in the USA or UK or CA?

What law permit this or doesn't permit this?

Any tips and suggestions from experts in the house would be appreciated 🙏