Copyright Scholars from the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) from the American University Washington College of Law have submitted comments on Nigeria’s Draft Copyright Bill. The commentary, provided by Professors of Law, […]
Earlier this week, Sporting giant NIKE filed a suit against rival shoe maker Skechers, for allegedly infringing eight of its design patents. The patents are US numbers D696,853; D700,423; D707,032, D723,772; D723,781; D723,783; D725,356; and […]
The Guardian is reporting that on Wednesday, a Federal Court in San Francisco, ruled that Naruto the monkey, a then six-year-old-male living in a volcanic tropical forest in Indonesia, cannot be the copyright owner of […]
A new lawsuit has been filed against Apple Inc. and Fitbit Inc. over the alleged infringement of four patents. The patents are numbered 8,923,941, 8,886,269, 8,929,965, and 8,989,830. Biometric-Sensor Developer Valencell alleges that the Apple Watch infringes its patents and […]
Copyright Infringement Suit — Renowned photographer Donald Graham who holds the copyright for a black and white photo of a rastafarian man lighting a cigarette has filed a copyright infringement suit against popular artist Richard […]
Last November, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) invited all stakeholders in the copyright industry, interested members of the public, and other agencies of government to participate in the reform of the Nigerian Copyright System by […]
If you are interested in any aspect of Intellectual Property, whether it be Trademark Protection, IP Development and Management, Monetization or even Anti-counterfeiting, it might be worth your while to know that there is a […]
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