Intellectual Property News

Press Release: Customs, NCC Renew Commitment To Border Enforcement Of Copyright

AHT Editor May 22, 2021

Comptroller General of Customs (NCS), Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd.) and the Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commissio8m (NCC), Mr. John O. Asein have renewed their…

Discourse: The Limits of Copyright – Tony Okoroji

AHT Editor January 23, 2021

Anyone may be justifiably frightened by what appears to be the unlimited powers of the copyright owner. Indeed, it may appear that regardless of one’s…

Discourse: Copyright and the Anton Piller Order – Tony Okoroji

AHT Editor December 26, 2020

Today, we resume our tutorials on copyright and review one of the reliefs available to a plaintiff in an intellectual property matter, the famous Anton…

AVRS 4th AGM: Ali-Balogun Calls for Speedy Implementation of Private Copy Levy, Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances

AHT Editor November 8, 2020

PRESS RELEASE From every nook and cranny of the country, members of Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS), the nationâ€™s sole approved Collective Management…

Daren Tang Assumes Functions as WIPO Director-General

AHT Editor October 1, 2020

Geneva, October 1, 2020PR/2020/867 Daren Tang, a national of Singapore, officially assumed his functions as Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization on October…

WIPO Assemblies Finish with Applause for Outgoing Director-General Francis Gurry

AHT Editor September 24, 2020

Geneva, September 24, 2020 PR/2020/866 Delegates from the World Intellectual Property Organizationâ€™s (WIPO) 193 member states wrapped up their Assemblies meetings with a standing ovation…