by Blossom Egbude Over the past week, a picture originating from a Twitter user circulated social media. This picture shows former Mo’Hits Records stars and Nigerian celebrities, Don Jazzy, Dr Sid, D’Prince, Wande Coal, and D’Banj tagged as cultists by.. Read more
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Intellectual Property
October 8, 2018
Former Mo’Hits Stars or Former Cultists?: Unauthorized Publication of Pictures, Image Rights, and Nigerian Law
Intellectual Property
August 14, 2018
IP ABC (Week 31)—Can we sue MultiEnergy for passing off?
Question of the Week (31) I am the manager of one of the most successful athletes in Africa. Please call me TJ. My client is popularly known as Ben Breeze by fans locally and internationally. This nickname has practically become a brand.. Read more
Intellectual Property
July 28, 2018
The United States v Davidson—Copyright infringement of a Replica Statue of Liberty. Copyright for creative copycats?
On IP Matters this week, it’s all about a copyright-infringement action involving the face of the popular Statue of Liberty (Lady Liberty) in New York and a photograph of its replica. Robert Davidson is the sculptor of the replica statue in front of.. Read more
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
June 9, 2018
This is America vs This is Nigeria—Has Falz infringed on Childish Gambino’s copyright?
On IP Matters this week, let’s take a closer look at Falz’s now controversial song, ‘This is Nigeria’. Apparently inspired by ‘This is America’, a song by American rapper Childish Gambino, Falz released ‘This is Nigeria’ a few weeks after ‘This is America’.. Read more
Intellectual Property
IP & IT Advocacy
June 2, 2018
Social Media and Copyright Infringements: The Internet is not a lawless domain.
by Rita Anwiri Chindah, ACIArb Introduction With the introduction of the Internet, more than ever before, creators and authors now have access to wider audience anywhere in the world. This gives authors and creators the opportunity to share their.. 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
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
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