Photograph Infringement

Intellectual Property News

Photographer drags TuFace, wife to court over wedding pictures by Abdulwahab Abdulah

June 30, 2013 Nigerian Law Intellectual Property Watch Newsroom

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed October 16, 2013 for the commencement of trial in a N120 million copyright suit filed against popular music star, Innocent Idibia, a.k.a. […]

Own an App? Here are some Intellectual Property Issues to Consider by Davidson Oturu

January 21, 2021

An application software (app) is a program or group of programs designed to help customers perform particular activities. These apps, which are usually on our electronic devices, are used to control several things ranging from [...]

U.S. News | Customs and Border Protection Confiscate 1,216 Pieces of Counterfeit Jewelry in Louisville Worth over $700K

Anti-Counterfeiting

January 20, 2021

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have intercepted a shipment, arriving from Hong Kong, manifested as a jewelry set containing more than 1,200 pieces of necklace. The CBP officers in Louisville [...]

Recommended Ways to Protecting Business Concepts as Intellectual Property Rights in Nigeria by Bisola Scott

January 20, 2021

Not all creations of the mind are regarded as intellectual property protectable under intellectual property laws in Nigeria,2 as these laws stipulate the criteria that must be satisfied to guarantee intellectual property protection over creative works.3 As [...]

Anti-Counterfeiting

Nigerian News | NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians on the Voluntary Recall of JET 7 Catheters Due to Increased Risk of Mortality and Serious Injury

January 18, 2021

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has been intimated by US FDA that Penumbra has issued an urgent recall of all configurations of the Penumbra JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter with Xtra [...]

Intellectual Property News

U.S. News | Scanning Technologies Sues Ticketbud for Patent Infringement over QR Code Scanning Patent

January 18, 2021

Scanning Technologies Innovations, LLC has filed a lawsuit in the Texas Western District Court against Ideabud, LLC doing business as Ticketbud, an event management, ticketing and registration software as a service (SaaS) company for patent [...]

Photographer drags TuFace, wife to court over wedding pictures by Abdulwahab Abdulah

Innovation Gains Traction During Periods of Crisis – Cathie Wood

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