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. […]
An Abuja-based production company, Eagle Eye Production Limited, has filed a copyright infringement suit against Samsung Electronics West Africa and Ringier Nigeria Limited. According to Suit No. FHC/L/CS/303/2018, filed on February 26, 2018, the Plaintiff, […]
World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) is observed annually on April 26 in order to raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on our daily lives. World IP Day celebrates creativity and […]
According to a press release signed one Amos Abutu for the Nigerian Copyright Commission, the Federal Executive Council in a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa Abuja has approved the Copyright Bill. […]
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 […]
By Chiamaka Anyanwu A couple of months ago, Nneoma Anosike, a Nigerian International Model and 2013 winner of the Elite Model Look, instituted an action, against Wema Bank Plc., a Nigerian Commercial Bank, for passing […]
A Federal High Court judge, Justice I.E. Ekwo sitting in Calabar, on Thursday, March 16, 2017, reportedly admonished the Cross River State Carnival Commission, the Governor of Cross River State, and the Attorney-General of the state […]
Can a copyright suit successfully lie in all cases of publication of an author’s work without authorization? The answer seems to depend on many factors. In the United States of America, for example, political speeches […]
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