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
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January 4, 2018
Apple Loses Dispute over ‘Steve Jobs’ Trademark: A Lesson in Trademark for Businesses
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January 1, 2018
IP ABC™: Protecting Software in Nigeria (Week One)
To view the subscribed-email version of IP ABC, click here. Question of the Week (1) We are a tech company in Nigeria. We have just finished building an app—first of its kind in Africa. Because we have big plans for this.. Read more
Updates & Headlines
December 30, 2017
WIPO establishes External Office in Nigeria: A Boost to Diversification and Innovation in Nigeria
It has been about 2 years now the word has been going round that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) plans to establish an External Office in Nigeria. Last week, what had been going around came around when WIPO and.. Read more
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December 11, 2017
Intellectual Property as the Heartbeat of the Pharmaceutical Industry
by Ademola Adeyoju, ademola@infusionlawyers.com.ng Download PDF. Introduction Generating more than $333 billion and supporting over $3.4 million jobs in the US alone, the pharmaceutical industry is considered to be one of the largest and rapidly growing industries on the planet… Read more
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October 21, 2017
The registration of intellectual property (IP) is not where IP ends.
by Ademola Adeyoju, ademola@infusionlawyers.com.ng Download PDF. Largely driven by advancement in technology, the global economy continues to evolve and grow in new and unanticipated ways. From the invention of personal computers to mobile technology; from the Internet to Nano.. Read more
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September 26, 2017
Africa University’s draft IP policy could be a big disincentive to innovators. See how.
Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe has drafted an Intellectual Property (IP) policy for the institution. The draft policy has been circulated to get feedback from the IP community. Feedback from one of Africa’s largest IP online community, IP Africa, says.. Read more
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Intellectual Property
August 11, 2017
Intellectual Property and Brand Protection in the Food and Spice Industry
A comprehensive intellectual-property strategy is critical to brand protection in the food and spice industry. IP protection will strengthen the brand’s value and establish the brand as a competitor to beat in the food and spice Industry. It will also support the food and spice company’s expansion, breaking new grounds both locally and internationally.
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June 17, 2017
Why App Developers Need to Protect their Software Programs—Odion got it wrong and paid for it.
by Senator Iyere Ihenyen Lead Partner, Infusion Lawyers senator@infusionlawyers.com.ng Download PDF Odion, an App Developer builds a mobile app—Butterfly—to enable users browse the Internet and download files without any internet connection. After months in that tech-startup hub and incubator, you.. Read more
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May 23, 2017
Moral Rights in Nigeria—Lessons from More Developed Jurisdictions
by Gbenga Odugbemi Partner, Infusion Lawyers gbenga@infusionlawyers.com.ng Download PDF Introduction Experts on intellectual property (IP) law are few in Nigeria. This is why there is relative laxity and dearth of discussions on topical issues in the field. Though basic discussions.. Read more
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May 6, 2017
Africa and Intellectual Property: We will keep destroying the continent if ….
Africa will keep destroying itself if it continues to consume without creating, owning, or maximizing intellectual property for real development. There are over 600 million young men and women in Africa. Up to 432 million of these young people.. Read more