The Higher People’s Court of Shanghai earlier this week rejected the case filed by a Chinese semiconductor company, Genitop, alleging that U.S. based Qualcomm Incorporated infringed on its trademark rights. Genitop claimed that by using […]
Every September 1, Nigeria celebrates ” No Music Day”. No Music Day seeks to draw attention to the widespread infringement of copyright as it affects the rights of performers, bands, music composers, recording artists, song […]
A Chinese court has ruled against three shoemakers, stating that they must pay New Balance $1.5 million in damages and legal costs for infringing it’s signature slanting “N” logo. The ruling requires the three shoemakers […]
The AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards is currently accepting entries for 2017. The awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa and is supported by Mobile Monday South Africa and Mobile Ecosystem Forum. The 2016 […]
1. If I register a trademark in one class (for one type of goods or services) does this give me the exclusive rights to use the trademark for other goods and services? No. By registering […]
One question we are often asked at Nigerian Law Intellectual Property Watch and which is also heavily searched on our website is ‘whether or not Procold is banned in Nigeria”. The answer of course is […]
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria recently signed three international agreements between Nigeria and other entities aimed improving intellectual property in Nigeria. The signing ceremony for the execution of the Instruments of Ratification […]
The DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Social Policy and its partners invite abstracts of papers to be presented at the 2017 Social Policy in Africa Conference. The conference will take place from November 20-22, 2017 at […]
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