by Legalnaija | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
As an Artist, Inventor, Photographer or a member of the creative industry, it takes a lot of effort, skill and hard work to do what you do and it is a reasonable expectation to be paid for your work. However, once work is made available to the public, the...
by Legalnaija | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
On 6th October 2017, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams filed an appeal at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit against the decision of the District Court for the Central District of California (District Court) which decided that they had infringed...
by Legalnaija | Mar 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
The term “intellectual property” is broad, and is widely used to refer to intangible assets. Intellectual property differs from other forms of property because it is intangible—that is, it is a product of the human imagination. There are...
by Legalnaija | Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
credits: slideshare.net With the recent brouhaha following Linda Ikeji’s blog being temporarily shut down by Blogger, many writers/bloggers/online content marketers are frantically praying searching for information regarding copyright infringement in order to ensure...
by Legalnaija | Sep 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Copyright Act was promulgated in 1988 as the Copyright Decree (No. 47) of that year. It repealed the Copyright Decree (No 61) of 1970. With the revision of all existing federal legislation, the Decree was re-designated the Copyright Act and contained in...
