How Start-ups Can Protect their Intellectual Property With Employment Contracts by Akinola Marian. 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 […]
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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In a mission to sensitive Kids across Nigeria about Intellectual Property through the ‘Intellectual Property For Kids Outreaches’, 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 […]
According to a report from the World Bank, SMEs represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide.[3] This notwithstanding, Nigeria still struggles to accelerate its growth through SMEs because of its weak intellectual property (IP) protection.
First Intellectual Property Outreach/ Training To mark our 2nd Anniversary, we have now officially held our first physical Intellectual Property 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 […]
In this article, Kobby Afari Yeboah critiques the Idea/Expression Dichotomy in Intellectual Property 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 […]
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.
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 the use of intellectual property as collateral for credit access is not a new concept but is largely under-utilised as it remains unusual especially in most African countries. To demonstrate the […]