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Month: April 2017

Today is World Intellectual Property Day 2017!
Intellectual Property IP & IT Advocacy April 26, 2017

Today is World Intellectual Property Day 2017!

Today 26 April is World Intellectual Property Day. This year’s theme is Innovation—Improving Lives. Improving lives is essentially what innovation should be all about. And Intellectual Property (IP) is what keeps innovation going. Without IP, innovation would become elastic.

Phishing in Cyber Waters
Technology Law April 25, 2017

Phishing in Cyber Waters

In 2015, phishing loomed as the biggest threat in Nigeria’s cyber waters.[1] The New Telegraph report claiming this relied on a cybersecurity report by Deloitte Nigeria.[2] In that report, Deloitte Nigeria predicted that “[t]he cybercrime of choice by majority of the Nigerian cyber criminals would be via social engineering. Intelligently crafted phishing emails and phone calls to naïve customers will increase.”

What African Businesses and Startups can Learn from the World’s 5 Most Valuable Brands
Intellectual Property April 23, 2017

What African Businesses and Startups can Learn from the World’s 5 Most Valuable Brands

African businesses and startups are coming up fast. They also want to go global. But what can African brands learn from the world’s 5 most valuable brands?

Intellectual Property (IP) is the key to unleashing Nigeria’s huge potentials, not oil.
Intellectual Property April 23, 2017

Intellectual Property (IP) is the key to unleashing Nigeria’s huge potentials, not oil.

Patent filing in Nigeria is so poor that if it were to be the only yardstick for determining how large an economy is, the Nigerian economy would most likely be dragging bottom place with today’s smallest economies in the world.

Millions of SMEs and startups fail every year because they have weak or non-existent Intellectual Property (IP) strategy.
Intellectual Property April 23, 2017

Millions of SMEs and startups fail every year because they have weak or non-existent Intellectual Property (IP) strategy.

Millions of SMEs and startups around the world have poor internal management practices and lack knowledge of what IP regimes offer. These two factors do not only affect business growth and expansion, but also kill business.