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Ownership Of Rights In A Photograph

  • Aug 7th, 2024
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Photographs are classified under Artistic works which are eligible for copyright protection by virtue of Section 2 (1) of the Copyright Act, 2022. The Act in ascertaining the first ownership of copyright...
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Key Legal Provisions For Producing and Distributing Films in Nigeria

  • Aug 7th, 2024
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Producing and distributing films in Nigeria involves adhering to stringent legal provisions primarily governed by the National Film and...
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Fair Dealing

  • Aug 7th, 2024
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The Nigerian Copyright Act of 2022 provides clear guidelines on fair dealing, also referred to as Fair Use, a doctrine that permits the limited use of copyrighted materials subject to certain conditions...
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Key Clauses To Consider In A Performance Agreement

  • Aug 7th, 2024
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In recent years, the live performance sector of the music industry has continued to thrive. In 2016 alone, Billboard Magazine reported that global...
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You Can Be Sued For Taking Photos of Your Meal At Restaurants

  • Aug 7th, 2024
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To all the Lagos big boys and girls exploring the bougie restaurants and 75k spaghetti outlets in Lagos, taking numerous videos of...
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How Content creators can protect themselves from infringing copyrighted works in their content

  • Aug 7th, 2024
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In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, content creators face unique challenges in ensuring that their creative work do not infringe upon...
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2022 - A Year In Review

  • Jan 17th, 2023
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The year 2022 was a year where the human race witnessed several unprecedented events. These events influenced both the Legal system and the rest of the world...
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Data Protection in Nigeria: A Review of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau Bill

  • Oct 18th, 2022
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The world has seen numerous advancements, however, the internet remains arguably the biggest invention of man. The internet...
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FAST Agreements for Nigerian Startups

  • July 4th, 2022
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The importance of expert advice and direction for Start-up founders is one that should not be undermined. Most especially for early stage startups...
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What Startups need to know about Employee Stock Options

  • June 9th, 2022
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Employee motivation, remuneration and, ultimately, retention are common areas of conversation for Start-up founders and business owners alike.
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What Startups need to know about SAFEs

  • May 13th, 2022
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For many start-ups, raising capital is a huge area of concern. Several means exist which are used to raise money, ranging from Crowdfunding, Business Loans...
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What Startups need to know about data privacy law

  • April 11th, 2022
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Data Privacy refers to the protection and confidentiality of an individual’s personal information and right to control, access and transfer said information.
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Our Achievements as a Firm

  • February 24th, 2022
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The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic left every sector of the economy including the legal sector with no option but to adopt ...
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Much Ado About Nigeria's Taxes (Part 4)

  • July 26th, 2021
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It goes without saying that this low level of compliance should be of concern to any serious government. In order to increase the level of ...
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Much Ado About Nigeria's Taxes (Part 3)

  • July 19th, 2021
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The Nigerian government, aware of the challenging nature of reinventing the tax system but keen to do so due to its rewarding ...
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Much Ado About Nigeria's Taxes (Part 2)

  • July 12th, 2021
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Why don’t Nigerians pay taxes? One could write endlessly about the problems plaguing the Nigerian tax system, but it is important ...
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Much Ado About Nigeria's Taxes

  • July 5th, 2021
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Why do governments impose taxes? The answer to this question at first glance seems obvious; it is a monetary charge imposed ...
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The Legal Framework For Commercial Real Estate In Lagos State

  • June 18th, 2021
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As Nigeria’s population grows, so does its real estate market, as housing is a basic necessity. This has made the real estate ...
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The Basics of Industrial Designs

  • March 31st, 2021
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Design creates a nexus between functionality and form and is one of the key factors that attract customers to a product or to prefer one product over another ...
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Copyright 101

  • March 24th, 2021
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Copyright refers to rights an author has in a created work. Every author seeks to exploit their work and the right to exploit such work or derivatives thereof are granted exclusively to the autho/creator...
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Trademarks and Trade Secrets

  • March 17th, 2021
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Customer purchases are tied to two important factors: ability to identify the product as that which they are accustomed to and the products composition. It is problematic for unsuspecting...
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Patents and Licensing As Pillars Of Innovation

  • March 10th, 2021
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Patented inventions have played a major part in the development of humanity. Thomas Edison had patents for the significantly refined sewing machine, which made sewing much easier and faster.
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The Importance of Intellectual Property Rights

  • March 3rd, 2021
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Innovative and creative ideas are at the heart of most successful businesses. Ideas by themselves, however, have little value. They need to be transferred to a medium, developed, turned into innovative...
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Reviewing The Concept of Legal Education in Nigeria

  • January 29th, 2021
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A very striking feature of post-call life for new wigs is the shocking realization that legal practice is different from legal education. At the start of practice, young legal practitioners grapple with understanding...
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The Legal Concept of Reverse
Passing Off

  • December 11th, 2020
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On the 3rd of December 2020, Nigerian social media ran agog with thestory of a young vendor (X) who sold small chops to a customer (Y) only tosubsequently find out that...
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A Legal Analysis Of Gender Discrimination In The Housing Sector In Nigeria

  • November 26th, 2020
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Housing discrimination is the illegal practice of discriminating against buyers or renters of dwellings based on race, colour, religion, national origin...
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What Does The Law Say About Termination Of A Contract When Overcharged?

  • November, 2020
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"Against the backdrop of the principle of freedom of contract, however, a contracting party is at liberty to set the rate and prices of goods it is selling as it behoves the other...
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The New Police Act and Structural Deficiency. What is the way forward?

  • October, 2020
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On the 16th day of September 2020, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria communicated his assent to the Nigeria Police Bill 2020 (now the Nigeria Police Act 2020).
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