This week’s IP Matters is a trademark fight over stripes in the billion-dollar footwear industry. Can Adidas’s well-known three-stripe mark strip Shoe Branding Europe off its newer two-stripe mark? One of the biggest brands in the sportswear industry is Adidas, a.. Read more
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Intellectual Property
March 2, 2018
Adidas v Shoe Branding—Why Adidas’s Three-stripe Mark Means More than Stripes
Intellectual Property
February 15, 2018
Alphabet v Uber—Uber will pay $245 million to settle trade-secret infringement claim.
This week’s IP Matters is all about trade secrets over self-driving car technology in a very competitive and lucrative industry. It’s between Alphabet subsidiary Waymo and Uber. Alphabet subsidiary Waymo wanted $2.6 billion in damages from Uber for allegedly stealing a single trade.. Read more
Intellectual Property
February 12, 2018
IP ABC (Week 4): Can I copyright my book title?
To view the subscribed-email version of IP ABC, click here. Question of the Week (4) I’m a Nigerian author. Presently, I am writing my second book. The book is titled, Buhari: 100 Days in London and Other Stories. But there is.. Read more
Intellectual Property
January 26, 2018
Apple vs Qualcomm: Who will win this legal war over intellectual property?
Apple and Qualcomm—two tech giants—are in a legal war. At the heart of this war is intellectual property. And at the rate it is going, it looks like this is going to be another long and vicious war—just as it.. Read more
Intellectual Property
January 23, 2018
IP ABC™ (Week 3): Can I sue FlexiBank for using my image?
To view the subscribed-email version of IP ABC, click here. Question of the Week (3) I’m Alade Thomas, a Nollywood comedian. Last weekend, I discovered a bank in Nigeria used my photo in one of its Instagram posts. The photo is a shot.. Read more
Intellectual Property
January 18, 2018
Blue Ivy vs Blue Ivy Carter—Will Jay Z and Beyoncé win trademark dispute over their daughter’s name?
IP Matters: Week 3 Veronica Morales wants ‘Blue Ivy’ for her company; Jay-Z and Beyoncé wants it for their daughter. Blue Ivy Events is the name of a Boston-based wedding planning company. The company has been in business since 2009 and it is.. Read more
Intellectual Property
January 11, 2018
Did Equity Bank & Safaricom unduly profit from another man’s mobile-banking idea? Lessons for Tech Entrepreneurs, Banks, and Software Companiesc
IP Matters: Week 2 Hoswell Njuguna claimed he created Weka Usaidike, a concept of saving money on a mobile phone. He confidentially discussed this concept with Equity Bank, hoping to partner with the bank to develop the concept who then.. Read more
Industries & Growth
Industry Insight
January 11, 2018
The Nigerian Music Industry: Making the Music Pay through Intellectual Property
by Solomon Nzere, solomon@infusionlawyers.com.ng Industry Insight, January 2018 Overview of the Nigerian Music Industry Perhaps the inspiring history of Nigeria’s music industry is best told through Star Mega Jam, a mega music-performance concert which paraded international artistes like Shaggy,.. Read more
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January 10, 2018
IP ABC™: Software Development Contract: Who has copyright in the source code? (Week 2)
To view the subscribed-email version of IP ABC, click here. Question of the Week (2) I’m John Udeze, an entrepreneur who runs FinSoft, a technology business in Port Harcourt. Six months ago, I came up with a FinTech business idea. Because the.. Read more
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January 4, 2018
Apple Loses Dispute over ‘Steve Jobs’ Trademark: A Lesson in Trademark for Businesses
Apple has lost its founder’s name ‘Steve Jobs’ to an Italian fashion company. The fashion company’s name is ‘Steve Jobs’. Naples-based founders, Vincenzo and Giacomo Barbato, registered ‘Steve Jobs’ as their company’s trademark in 2012. The Steve Jobs company did.. Read more