The daughter of the late-martial artist and actor Bruce Lee has filed a lawsuit in Shanghai Intermediate People’s Court against a Chinese fast-food chain alleging that the defendant used the late kung fu star’s image […]
What types of Intellectual Property Rights are involved in advertising in Nigeria and how can I protect my creative advertisement? A number of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are involved in advertising including business names, company […]
There have been series of lamentation from producers on how television stations download their movies and other videos and air them without authorization and permission. This has led the Ghana Copyright Office in taking a […]
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has filed a lawsuit at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court against members of the Copyright Society of Nigeria including Chief Tony Okoroji, Chinedu Chukwuji, Bernice Eremieghe, and Anne […]
On July 17, a Los Angeles Corporation, Star Fabrics Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California with case number 2:18-cv-06174-CAS-SK against National Stores Inc., Hot Ginger Inc., […]
NLIPW Copyright Law Volume 3 Number 1 eDigest (Enforceability of Foreign Copyright in Nigeria) July 8, 2018 Enforceability of Foreign Copyright in Nigeria: A Review of the Court of Appeal’s Decision in Microsoft v. Franike […]
Doy Dewitt Gorton, a former New York Times photographer filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Roxanne Conley and J & S Maroon LLC, doing business as […]
1. What is Copyright? For authors, artists, songwriters, music publishers and composers, photographers and other creators, copyright provides the assurance that they can share their work with the public without the fear of unauthorized use. […]
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