Nigeria: Copyright

Fashion design piracy poses a significant threat to Nigeria's creative industry, with designers facing unauthorized copying of their original works. This analysis examines the intellectual property frameworks available to Nigerian fashion designers, including copyright, trademark, patent, and industrial design protections, while exploring the practical challenges of enforcement in a rapidly evolving industry where knockoffs and counterfeits proliferate faster than legal remedies can address them.

As artificial intelligence becomes deeply embedded in Nigerian business operations—from financial services to creative industries—fundamental questions emerge about who owns the underlying AI systems...

A startup founder built a logistics platform over two years, only to discover that a single overlooked contract clause had transferred ownership and control to an investor.

Behind every product, service, or business, there is an intellectual property component. This is not any different for sport business. By sport businesses, we mean all commercial activities in sports.

Following the plea, the presiding judge ordered that the Defendant be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending a scheduled ruling on his bail application.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept in the music industry, or in any industry for that matter. In at least the past two (2) years, we have seen AI used to produce songs, generate and modify vocals, and write lyrics.

In VoiceWeb International Limited v. Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services & Ors (2021) CA/L/794/2021 (unreported)—a case in which our firm represented the first respondent...

Photography has long been celebrated as a powerful medium for preserving memories. Beyond capturing fleeting moments, photographs serve as historical records, shape public opinion, and communicate stories...

The Nigerian Copyright Commission recently took steps to suspend a number of (dot)ng domains suspected of piracy.