The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on January 10, 2019, announced the appointment of Thomas W. Krause as the new Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor of the USPTO. Krause, who has […]
The U.S. Postal Service has been found liable for using a copyrighted artwork of Sculptor Robert Davidson without permission. The case which was brought before a Federal U.S. Court has awarded Sculptor Robert Davidson $3,554,946.95 […]
A couple of weeks ago, social media messaging platform, BlackBerry filed a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in California against Facebook, for patent infringement. According to the complaint, BlackBerry claims Facebook created a mobile […]
The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) recently held a seminar on Intellectual Property for academics at the University of Rwanda. The two-day seminar took place between November 2 and 3, with the theme “Fostering […]
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in an announcement published earlier today, March 6, 2014, announced that its coordination committee had nominated Francis Gurry for a second term by more than 20 votes. The coordination […]
The Director-General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Mr. Afam Ezekude, has said that the need to energise the sector informed the introduction of a copyright levy it recently introduced. He made this disclosure in Lagos […]
In an effort aimed at ensuring locally made goods meet minimum quality standards, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has appealed to local manufacturers to register their products with it for supervision. This is to […]
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