{"id":40498,"date":"2021-02-18T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40498"},"modified":"2021-02-18T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T11:52:11","slug":"omotola-jalade-ekeinde-nollywood-actress-trademarks-her-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40498","title":{"rendered":"Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nollywood actress trademarks her name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Omotola<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Veteran Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on Wednesday announced that she had `trademarked\u2019 her first name, Omotola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She disclosed this on her Instagram handle @realomosexy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOMOTOLA-Trademarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a name, mostly a business name is trademarked, it means it has been registered under patent laws, which in Nigeria is done by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It implies that no one, as stated in the copyrights law, is allowed to trade with the name \u201cOmotola\u201d henceforth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omotola<\/a>\u00a0is a Nigerian actress, a singer, philanthropist and former model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since her Nollywood film debut in 1995, Omotola has appeared in over 300 films, selling millions of video copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After receiving a number of awards, launching a music career and amassing an enviable fan base, the media has dubbed her as the real Africa Magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the first African celebrity to receive over one million likes on her Facebook page. She currently has a total of three million followers on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond her show business accomplishments, she is also applauded for her remarkable humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omotola is one of the pioneers of the video film era of Nigeria cinema, becoming one of the most watched actresses in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, Omotola was honoured as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazines alongside Michelle Obama, Beyonc\u00e9 and Kate Middleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She appeared in the icons category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on Wednesday announced that she had `trademarked\u2019 her first name, Omotola. She disclosed this on her Instagram handle @realomosexy: \u201cOMOTOLA-Trademarked. When a name, mostly a business name is trademarked, it means it has been registered under patent laws, which in Nigeria is done by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nOmotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nollywood actress trademarks her name » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40498\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40498#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Entertainment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=9\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nollywood actress trademarks her name\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nollywood actress trademarks her name » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40498","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40498#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Entertainment","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=9"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nollywood actress trademarks her name"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=9\" rel=\"category\">Entertainment<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Veteran Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on Wednesday announced that she had `trademarked\u2019 her first name, Omotola. She disclosed this on her Instagram handle @realomosexy: \u201cOMOTOLA-Trademarked. When a name, mostly a business name is trademarked, it means it has been registered under patent laws, which in Nigeria is done by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). It…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40498"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}