Trademark Registration allows individuals and businesses to protect words or visual symbols which they use to distinguish their goods or services from other similar goods or services originating from a different business. In Nigeria, trademarks […]
Judges are talking: “…In this particular case, the end of the ‘Casorina’ namely ‘Rina’ in itself is not free from causing confusion with ‘Ria’ in ‘Castoria’. As all the cases show, the court must consider […]
The deadline for this award is fast approaching. Deadline: September 30, 2019 at 1 PM PT. Providing unrestricted gifts as support for research at institutions around the world. The program is focused on funding world-class […]
Judges are talking: “…It is not correct to assume that a right of action enacted into a statutory provision is ineffective merely because it has its origin in the common law. This is not so. […]
Judges are talking: “…The doctrine of res ipsa loquitor does not apply in food poisoning cases. There is no law to the effect that if A consumes rice and he thereafter feels stomach discomfort, then […]
The “designated country” is the country where the extension of the filed or registered trademark in the base country will be requested. Once the trademark office in a designated country grants protection, the mark is […]
Judges are talking: “…It is undisputable, that ever since the provision of section 17 of the Copyright Act 2004, was introduced into the Act, any other provision hitherto contained in the Act (Copyright Act 1988, […]
A. INTRODUCTION 1. UNESCO designed the project “UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme” (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) in the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Capacity-Building of Human Resources which was established in November 2000 […]
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