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
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Intellectual Property
April 7, 2018
Oracle v Google—Defence of fair use fails Google’s copyright-infringement act.
This week on IP Matters, it’s all about Oracle’s victory against Google at the United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit in March 2018. Since 2010, this copyright-infringement case has refused to go away! Both Oracle and Google hardly.. 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
Intellectual Property
March 2, 2018
Adidas v Shoe Branding—Why Adidas’s Three-stripe Mark Means More than Stripes
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
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