Some readers of this piece may wonder why Champagne is not produced in Nigeria, Argan oil not manufactured in China or even Tequila not made in the United States of America? Indeed, there are products...
Licensing in the Nigerian Music Industry – Francis Ololuo
The Nigerian music industry has come a long way. From being a mere hobby for many creatives or being seen as a “no-good” profession by parents of old, the music industry has grown into a money-spi...
Understanding Split Sheets and Collaboration Agreements in the Music Business – Francis Ololuo
Collaborations are an integral part of making music. Rarely would one find a successful song wholly composed, performed, and produced by the same person (except one is a Jon Bellion or Ed Sheeran). Ge...
UPDATE ON THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA’S CREATIVE INDUSTRY FINANCING (CIFI) INITIATIVE
As part of its efforts to boost job creation in the country, particularly among Nigerian youth, the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”), in collaboration with the Bankers’ Committee introduced the C...
NITDA’s Power To Regulate Non-Electronic Data – Bisola Scott and Sandra Eke
In the dawn of the era of big data analytics, where large volumes of structured and unstructured data are processed, analysed and traded, data has become an invaluable asset to most organisations. Als...
NDPR and the Protection of Personal Data of Legal Entities in Nigeria – Bisola Scott and Sandra Eke
Data privacy has become one of the defining socio-cultural and economic issue of our time.[2] The challenges of data security in our world today instigated the development of data protection laws and ...
Multi-sided music platforms and the Law: Reflections on the panel discussion on the digital creative economy
On the 11th of March 2020, our IP partner, John Onyido, moderated a Q and A session as part of the activities organized for the launch of the book entitled: Multi-sided Music Platforms and the Law &#...
Possible Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on IP Protection in Nigeria – Bisola Scott
Following the lockdown order issued by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun States to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and offices including inte...
COMPULSORY LICENSING OF PATENTS AS A PALLIATIVE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Intellectual Property 22nd April 2020. COMPULSORY LICENSING OF PATENTS AS A PALLIATIVE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC[1] The disruption occasioned by the corona virus pandemic globally is the defining oc...