Recently, the heirs of the song’s creators of Andy Griffith show theme song filed a lawsuit in California federal court against CBS for direct and contributory copyright infringement. The plaintiffs allege that defendant is using […]
In March of 2017, NLIPW Reported that a court in Nigeria had issued an injunction preventing the screening of the movie ‘Okafor’s Law’ as part of suit No. FHC/L/CS/401/2017. After a two year legal battle, […]
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 […]
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