Copyright myths travel and are often retold in ways that people believe they are true. If you follow the intellectual property ‘scene’ in Nigeria, you would no doubt have heard one of these myths with […]
A Hong Kong-based company, Grown Up, has filed a lawsuit against Chinese sportswear giant, Anta Sports Products for copyright infringement. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant has been producing a similar-looking school bags made by […]
Nigerian Law Intellectual Property Watch would like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 NLIPW National Campus Essay Competition (NNCEC). This year’s essay competition addressed legal issues confronting the music or movie industry in Nigeria. […]
3rd Place Winner 2019 National Campus Essay Competition: Alonge Olufemi Moses School: University of Ibadan Question Addressed: Propose a solution to a compelling legal issue confronting the music or movie industry in Nigeria The story […]
2nd Place Winner 2019 National Campus Essay Competition: Asudemade Habeebullah A. School: University of Ibadan Question Addressed: Propose a solution to a compelling legal issue confronting the music or movie industry in Nigeria If there […]
Winner 2019 National Campus Essay Competition: Banigo, Charles Tekena School: University of Ibadan Question Addressed: Propose a solution to a compelling legal issue confronting the music or movie industry in Nigeria With an estimated population […]
Recently a woman, Ann Njoku Kumena, was awarded Sh. 1.5m (approximately USD $15,000) by a high court sitting in Kerugoya against KTDA for using her image without authorization. It will be recalled that Ann Njoku […]
As a producer, filmmaker or other creative professional in Nigeria, somewhere along the line, you will learn to never work without a written contract. Yet, it is hard to like contracts because more often than […]
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