The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) recently hosted 400 level Students from the Law Department, Ahmadu Bello University. training them on some copyright basics. The students visited the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja on July 19, 2017, […]
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) recently held an interactive session with the U.S. Copyright Office to explore areas of common interest. The meeting was held at the instance of a member of the U.S. Copyright Office, […]
August 10, 2016 — According to a report released by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), the officers of the Commission between January and March 2016, carried out 22 surveillance and investigation activities, and 13 strategic anti-piracy […]
July 31, 2016 — Last month, operatives of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) impounded Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) worth of suspected pirated literary works during an anti-piracy raid in Somolu Area in Lagos. The NCC […]
This week’s IP Lawyers’ Speakers Series guest is Mr. Lawrence Nnoli, a Criminal Law Lawyer and a Prosecutor with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC). He has several years of experience in diverse areas of law including corporate […]
Lagos, Nigeria — The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) yesterday arraigned Mr. Michael Orakwe popularly known as “Pandora” for illegal reproduction of musical works belonging to the famous late musician, Dr. Sir Warrior which copyright was later […]
Abuja, Nigeria — A Hearing Notice has been issued by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in Case No. FHC/ABJ/CR/379/2015 filed by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) against Nigeria’s largest telecommunication provider, MTN Nigeria […]
Abuja, Nigeria, June 11, 2015 — The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) is reporting that it has arrested five suspected pirates for the illegal production, possession and commercial distribution of several copies of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s memoir […]