{"id":611,"date":"2025-04-21T21:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=611"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:44:57","slug":"paystacks-new-product-zap-faces-legal-clash-with-zap-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=611","title":{"rendered":"Paystack\u2019s New Product \u201cZap\u201d Faces Legal Clash with Zap Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7759-1-300x161.png\" class=\"wp-image-610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7759-1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7759-1.png 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Just weeks after launching its first consumer product, Zap, Paystack is locked in a legal dispute with Zap Africa, a crypto startup, over trademark rights. Zap Africa claims Paystack\u2019s use of \u201cZap\u201d is causing confusion and harming its business, while both companies hold competing trademarks in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The clash highlights complex gaps in Nigeria\u2019s trademark laws, especially around similar names and concurrent use. And could set a legal precedent for tech companies in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the full story here: <a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2025\/04\/18\/zap-africa-paystack\/\">TechCabal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just weeks after launching its first consumer product, Zap, Paystack is locked in a legal dispute with Zap Africa, a crypto startup, over trademark rights. Zap Africa claims Paystack\u2019s use of \u201cZap\u201d is causing confusion and harming its business, while both companies hold competing trademarks in Nigeria. The clash highlights complex gaps in Nigeria\u2019s trademark&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}