Download PowerPoint presentation, Law and Technology in the 21st Century—Nexus and Challenges, The 8th Prince Bola Ajibola Annual Lecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, 5 July 2018. Our Lead Partner, Senator Ihenyen, who was Guest Speaker, presented the slides at the program… Read more
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Technology Law
July 10, 2018
PowerPoint Presentation: Law and Technology in the 21st Century: Nexus and Challenges
Intellectual Property
June 23, 2018
Louboutin v Van Haren: Will Van Haren finally see red for allegedly stepping on Louboutin’s red-sole shoe trademark?.
This week on IP Matters, let’s look at the long-running battle between Louboutin and Van Haren over Louboutine’s red-sole trademark. The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling on 12 June 2018 was in Louboutin’s favour after the ECJ remanded the.. Read more
Intellectual Property
May 26, 2018
Apple v Samsung—Samsung to pay over half a billion dollars for patent infringements.
This week on IP Matters, the never-ending Apple and Samsung battle is back with a $539 million bang! That’s the amount of damages the jury at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California said Samsung owes.. Read more
Intellectual Property
May 5, 2018
Alibaba v. Alibabacoin—When Marketing Crypto Buys You a Lawsuit in Trademark Infringement
This week’s IP Matters takes on Alibaba’s dispute with Alibabacoin, a cryptocurrency company, over use of Alibaba’s registered trademark, ‘Alibaba’ and other marks. Can Alibaba stop Alibabacoin from continuing to market ‘Alibabacoin’ on the Internet? Alibaba is into online retail business,.. Read more
Updates & Headlines
April 30, 2018
Infusion Lawyers Commemorates 3 World International Days in April!
This last day of April, we commemorate 3 World International Days: World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21), World Book and Copyright Day (April 23), and World Intellectual Property Day (April 26). We also commemorate our first anniversary at Infusion Lawyers!.. Read more
Intellectual Property
IP & IT Advocacy
Updates & Headlines
April 29, 2018
The Masculinity of Intellectual Property, Femininity, and the Malnourished Baby
“Beyond the kitchen and ‘the other room’, today we celebrate Nigerian women powering change through innovation and creativity. Today, we celebrate women powering change in the kitchen of creativity, cooking the food that feed the human mind with their artistic, literary, musical, and cinematographic works, making symphonic expressions that sing of change. Today, we celebrate women powering change in ‘the other room’ of innovation, making babies that grow to become new businesses, new industries, new technologies, and new possibilities.”- Senator Iyere Ihenyen
Updates & Headlines
April 25, 2018
Ease of Doing Business—CAC removes requirement for proficiency certificate.
By a public notice dated 19 April 2018, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) notified the public of the removal of the requirement for proficiency certificate. This means that members of the public will no longer be required to submit Proficiency.. Read more
Updates & Headlines
April 25, 2018
Illicit: The Dark Trade—A Call to Action
In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day coming up 26 April 2018, the United State Embassy (Nigeria, Abuja FCT) organized a film show on 23 April 2018, titled Illicit: The Dark Trade. The film show provided a disturbing, engaging, and enlightening insight.. Read more
Intellectual Property
March 24, 2018
Dolby sues Adobe for copyright infringements—Will Adobe settle out of court?
In this week’s IP Matters, Dolby has sued Adobe for infringing copyrights in its Dolby technology. (Dolby is also unhappy about Adobe’s alleged breach of contract.) After unsuccessfully trying to get Adobe to cooperate, Dolby has gone to court for.. Read more
Intellectual Property
March 9, 2018
BlackBerry v Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram—Will BlackBerry win this fight over patents?
This week’s IP Matters is a patent-infringement action against Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp by former smartphone company BlackBerry. Now a licensing company for BlackBerry software and patents, can BlackBerry get the courts to stop the three social-media platforms from continuing to.. Read more