The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in collaboration with Cornell University, INSEAD and a host of other partners recently released the 10th Edition of the Global Innovation Index. The Global Innovation Index 2017 ranks the innovation […]
According to a news report, a Canada based Nigerian author, Paulicap Okechukwu Okekeda (the Plaintiff) has filed a N250 million suit against Macmillan Publishing Company Nigeria Limited and Universal Basic Education Commission for alleged copyright infringement. […]
Respect for property, rights, and life is the hallmark of civilization. As a corollary, lack of respect for the trio also denotes primitivity, backwardness, and underdevelopment. Property can be tangible or intangible. Our interest in […]
On Wednesday, May 24, trial finally commenced at the Federal High Court Calabar in the copyright Infringement case brought by Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) against the Calabar Carnival Commission, Governor of Cross River State […]
On Monday, May 22, trial continued in the copyright infringement suit brought by Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) against Lagos Oriental Hotel and Mr. Philip Speilhage, General Manager of the organization. The case (Suit No. […]
Prominent intellectual property rights lawyer, Barrister Rockson Igelige will on Thursday, June 1 mark his birthday celebration by hosting a guest lecture and unveiling a non-profit organization for creators, Friends of the Creator Foundation (FCF). The event […]
After years of court battle between Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN), the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, in April 2017 directed NCC to approve MCSN as a […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced an accused pirate, one Mr. Chekwesiri Chukwuamaka Josephat, to one year imprisonment for Copyright Infringement with an option of fine. The case, Charge No. FHC/L/409C/2015, NCC v. Chikwesiri […]