The apprehension over losing innovative ideas and creative talent is a real concern for all companies, especially start-ups. Consequently, employers in all sectors tend to include clauses in employment contracts to prevent the loss of valuable confidential information and trade secrets. This is to prevent the mishap of developing a great product and then having […]
In commemoration of our anniversary, we held an #ipforkids outreach at Fountain School, Abuja. As always, it was a beautiful outing explaining #creativity and #innovation to the students. Our profound gratitude to Director, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO Nigeria Office – Oluwatobiloba Moody for his immense support to this outreach.
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Enugu Outreach On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, My Intellectual Property Law Guide (MIPLG) in collaboration with members of the Intellectual Property Law Club, University of Nigeria (IPLC – UNN), Faculty of Law, led by Ms. Mirabel Chika Ngezelonye (President) held a value- oriented courtesy visit to the Urban Girls Secondary School (UGSS), located within the […]
First IP Outreach/ Training To mark our 2nd Anniversary, we have now officially held our first physical IP outreach today on our #ipforkids sensitization held at MARSHAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, DENDIMA, SOKOTO, NIGERIA. We launched the first edition of our e-book a few months ago and although we do not possess the resources to print hard copies, we […]
In this article, Kobby Afari Yeboah critiques the Idea/Expression Dichotomy under Copyright Law. The concept provides that Copyright law protects “expressions of ideas” and not “ideas”. He discusses what he terms the “weak foundation” of this principle and its “failure” to protect the interests of creators of Intellectual Property. He sought to reveal the difficulties […]
The 15th MIPLG Personal Development Series topic “Passing Off vs Trademarks” featured a presentation by Ms. Victoria Onyeagbako on “An Introduction to Passing Off” as a foundation to the discussion on the distinction between an infringement of trademarks and the common law tort of passing off.
DATE: 24 October 2020 TIME: 7:00 PM (GMT +1) TOPIC: Using Intellectual Property as Collateral for Credit Access ANCHOR: Priscilla Mapinda PLATFORM: Zoom The Seminar commenced at 7:00 PM (GMT +1). The speaker stated that a “collateral” is that which is pledged as security to a lender as assurance for the repayment of a loan. She explained that […]
This article provides an insight to the general nature of the Olympic Games and its Commercial practices, ambush marketing and the relevance of intellectual property protection in the Olympic Games. It analyses the approach adopted by Japan in Tokyo2021 (previously 2020) Games to protect the Olympic Movement and its Sponsors from Ambush Marketing. Click on […]