African Mobile Phone Brand Mi-Fone Uses Trade Mark to Stop the Sale of Xiaomi's Mi 4 in Nigeria.
In November 2015 Xiaomi, the third largest smartphone brand in the world, announced their plans to sell their flagship smartphones in...
Ghana Partners with Switzerland to Strengthen its Intellectual Property System.
In a bid to improve its intellectual property (IP) system, the Ghanaian government in a joint venture with Switzerland recently launched...
The Banjul Protocol on Marks
African economies are growing at an incredibly fast pace. It has been said that next destination for business and investment is Africa as...
Is there a need for an Alternative Dispute Mechanism for Copyright Infringement in Nigeria?
The Nigerian Federal High court recently handed down a judgement in a copyright infringement case thirty years after the initial suit was...
First look at the 2015 Draft of the Nigerian Copyright Bill
The Registrar of the Copyright Comission recently released a notice requesting for comments on a newly drafted Copyright Bill found here...
Court of Appeal Validates Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria’s Right to Sue for Copyright Infringe
The Nigeria Court of Appeal has recently granted the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) the right to administer, protect or sue...
Nigerian National Petroleum Retailer NNPC Sues Competitor NNPG over Alleged Trademark Infrin
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Retail Limited (which is Nigeria’s oil corporation with powers and operational...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission raids Major Markets in Lagos State, Nigeria
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in an effort to sanitize the Nigerian market of piracy activities, recently carried out...
Nigerian IP Registry Goes Digital
The Nigerian Registry for Trademarks, Patents and Designs is steadily moving into the digital age. The Intellectual Property Automated...
