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- 10 Aug 2018
GEM, COSON Partner on Intellectual Property Rights
In a bid to properly educate and enlighten the Nigerian populace and the entertainment industry in particular, the Growth and Empowerment Project, GEM, funded by the World Bank and domiciled in the…
- 31 Aug 2017
Babcock Develops Policy on Intellectual Property
Babcock University (BU) has developed an intellectual property policy that spells out a reward system for inventors. Babcock University would own the intellectual property created by any person hired…
- 10 Sept 2015
Nigeria Celebrates African Day for Technology and Intellectual Property
Nigeria joins other African countries to celebrate African Day for Technology and Intellectual Property. Every September 13 has been set aside by the African Union (AU) to commemorate the African Day…
- 4 May 2020
Canon Now a Founding Member of Intellectual Property Partnership to Combat Spread of COVID-19
Canon, in order to help bring a swift end to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has joined the COVID-19 Countermeasure Declaration as a founding member. According to this declaration,…
- 22 Aug 2012
FG Not Serious in IP Law Enforcement – Aponmade
Akeem Aponmade, a legal practitioner and intellectual property consultant and expert in IP law enforcement. He is very passionate about intellectual property rights and an avid anti-piracy campaigner…
- 27 Apr 2024
FG to Fnalise National Intellectual Property Policy Soon– NCC Boss
Dr John Asein, director-general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has said that the federal government is taking steps to finalise its National Intellectual Property (IP) Policy and Strategy for…
- 26 Apr 2022
John Asein, Copyright DG, Says Youths are Key in Intellectual Property Ecosystem
As Nigeria joined the world to mark Intellectual Property Day yesterday, Dr. John Asein, director general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) said that Youths are major drivers of Nigeria’s…
- 30 Mar 2021
Huawei Releases Innovation, Intellectual Property White Paper
Huawei has published a new white paper focused on innovation and intellectual property at its Forum on Innovation and IP Prospects in 2021. The white paper focuses on how Huawei has been a leader in…
- 28 Apr 2014
Piracy in Nigeria: Looming Economic Conundrum
Intellectual property (IP) rights are the legally recognized exclusive rights to creations of the mind. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of…
- 1 Sept 2021
SMEDAN Decries Dearth of Intellectual Property Among SMEs
Dikko Umaru Radda, Director General, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN has said that most Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs struggle because they refuse to take…
- 15 Feb 2022
NCC, NJI Renew Commitment to Training of Judges on Intellectual Property
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and the National Judicial Institute (NJI) have agreed to intensify their collaboration in the training of judges to enhance the adjudication of intellectual…
- 14 Jun 2015
LASRAB, IIM-Africa, Others Seek End to Intellectual Property Theft
The Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) on 2015 International Archives Day convened a stakeholder meeting to chat way forward to confront copyright issues in Nigeria as it relate to the…
- 3 Feb 2014
New Board for NOTAP, NISLT to Address Intellectual Rights Issues
Federal government has constituted new governing boards for National Office of Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) and the Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT) to boost the…
- 29 Jan 2013
Lawyers Call for Strict IP Enforcement
Private legal practitioners with bias for intellectual property protection have called on government to enforce Nigeria’s ‘intellectual property law to protect creative outputs of individuals. The…
- 29 Aug 2016
IP Rights & Royalty Management Market Will Hit $12.68Bn Next 5 Years
The report "Intellectual Property Rights & Royalty Management Market is estimated to grow from $4.28 Billion in 2016 to $12.68 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 24.2% from 2016 to 2021. According to…
- 9 Dec 2016
NCC Sensitizes Universities on Protection of Intellectual Property
Mr. Afam Ezekude, Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, (NCC) has said that, as more nations leverage on their innovations and creative resource pool as foundation for development,…
- 24 Jul 2012
Genuine Software Guards Intellectual Property Smedley -Williams
Richard Smedley-Williams is the sales director at Autodesk. Smedley-Williams has been in the Autodesk industry for 10 years. His work is centered on building Autodesk channels and equipping the…
- 24 Aug 2012
Coson Slams N3Bn Suit Against Hilton for IP Infringement
Transcorp Hilton Abuja, one of Nigeria’s biggest hotels, has been dragged to court by Copyright Society of Nigeria (Coson), for allegedly infringing the intellectual property rights of its members.…
- 6 Mar 2022
NOTAP Extends IPR Awareness Campaign to Gombe, Commissions 56th IPTTO
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) in her continued awareness creation on the importance of Intellectual Property Right (IPR), in Nigeria, recently commissioned the…
- 21 Jun 2020
New Broadcast Code: Assault on Market and Democracy
By ‘Kanmi Ademiluyi With the focus on survival due to the coronavirus pandemic, out comes a not-so-cleverly-disguised assault on the operations of an economy based on the efficacy of the market, but…
- 6 Oct 2008
CFC Hosts Conference on Future of Development Film in Africa
Communicating for Change (CFC) is hosting a conference on the Future of Development Film in Africa, in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo) in Geneva, the Nigerian…
- 20 May 2018
NOTAP DG Laments Poor Funding of Tertiary Institutions
Dr. DanAzumi Mohammed Ibrahim, director general of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has lamented the poor funding of tertiary Institutions in Nigeria. The Director…
- 15 Sept 2024
NOTAP to Strengthen IP Rights in Nigeria
National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has restated its commitments to strengthen the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) of Nigerian innovators and inventors to boost the…
- 21 Sept 2020
NOTAP DG Commends NAF for its Research & Development Feats
Dr. Danazumi Ibrahim, director general, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has commended the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) for its exploits in Research and Development…
- 2 May 2016
NCC Seizes N8Bn Pirated Works in 5 Years
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has seized 7,918,605 units of pirated copyright works worth N8.113 billion from 256 anti-piracy raids in the last five years. Mr. Afam Ezekude,…
- 6 Aug 2012
Creativity Dies as Archaic Laws Hinder Anti-Piracy War
The fight against Intellectual Property (IP) theft in Nigeria is hampered by outdated laws which do not take into consideration modern achievements in science, technology and general advancement in…
- 25 Apr 2017
#Worldipday: Innovation, Human Force That Knows No Limits- WIPO
As World Intellectual Property Day 2017 holds today, attention is being given to how technological interventions are transforming lives across the globe. Conversations are ongoing via #worldipday on…
- 11 Sept 2020
NOTAP Boss Urges Investment in Research and Development for Growth
Dr. Danazumi Ibrahim, director-general of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has said that the only panacea for Nigeria to become technologically independent is to…
- 2 Jul 2012
Multichoice Signs Royalty Agreement with Coson
MultiChoice Nigeria in its bid to foster growth of the Nigerian entertainment industry has signed a landmark Music Broadcasting Licence Agreement (MBLA) with the Copyright Society of Nigeria (Coson)…
- 26 Apr 2019
Copyright Commission Boss Calls for Effective Legal Framework
For the full potential of the sporting and associated industries to be realised, countries must put in place adequate, responsive, and effective legal frameworks for the protection, administration…