INTRODUCTION The Nigerian music industry is one of the country’s fastest-growing sectors with an estimated worth of $39 million as of 2016 and projected to reach a 73 million dollar figure by 2021 according to a PWC report. The industry’s huge prospect has attracted global attention and direct involvement of the world’s biggest music labels. […]
1.0 Introduction Imagine adapting to someone else’s work, do you know the original creator of the work can sue you and get remedy by compensation? The world is developing day by day and there is more credence given to copyright. Copyright is one of the intangible rights that give the author or creator of a […]
By Isaac Adeyanju[2] INTRODUCTION A decade old legal battle between Google and Oracle arose over Google’s use of about 11,500 lines of source codes owned by Oracle from its Java Application Programming Interface (API) in the development of Google’s Android operating system in a familiar coding language. Application Programming Interface are features that enables programs […]
The world of sport has fast become a billion-dollar entity, morphing from a mere recreational activity to a financial and economic haven. In its own right, sporting activities account for over 3.7% of the aggregate GNP of the twenty-eight EU states. It is also responsible for over 3% of world trade. It employs fifteen million […]
Over the past week, Legal Pages had the opportunity of speaking to Rita Anwiri Chindah, an Intellectual Property Lawyer renowned for her enlightening Intellectual Property series across several social media platforms. In this interview, she shares her journey into the profession and quite significantly, lets us into the world of IP. Can we meet you? […]
With the crop of novel areas of law including fashion, sports and entertainment law, comes stakeholders in the legal profession who define such spaces. Our lawyer of the week is one of those building a dynasty in some of these fields. Liz Lenjo is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya specializing in […]
Meet our lawyer of the week, Senator Ihenyen. An IP and IT practitioner, Senator has a handful of astute things to say. Follow our exclusive interview with him below. Can we meet you? I’m Senator Iyere Ihenyen, an intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) lawyer. I am Lead Partner of Infusion Lawyers— a […]
