General Overview of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) Regime

Introduction Foreign Investment (FI) is one of the major sources of economic development and can exist in different forms such as; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Portfolio Investment, Commercial Loans etc. FIs are ...

Competition Law As It Affects Restrictive Practices

Introduction Competition Law proposes via institutionalized legal framework, a free market economy where prices are not fixed by the competitors in a bid to manipulate the final consumer, rather it ensures a free ...

Celebrity Endorsements

Celebrity endorsement of businesses and products dates back to the 1760s. Josiah Wedgwood, the founder of the Wedgwood brand of pottery and chinaware, also called the father of the modern brand; used the royal ...

We are proud to announce that our Principal Partner, Mr. Afamefuna Nwokedi has been appointed Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Committee on Intellectual Property.

The Section on Business Law (SBL) of the Nigerian Bar Association recently concluded its 8th Annual Business Law Conference. The conference which commenced on 25th May and ended on 27th May was themed Exemplary ...

A coalition of the stakeholders in the Nigerian music industry and the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), at the first Nigerian Digital Music Licensing Summit held last year in Lagos set up a working committee to ...

The World Book and Copyright Day, celebrated in Nigeria. Port Harcourt in River State, Nigeria was designated by UNESCO, the world body responsible for the commemoration of the World Book and Copyright Day, as the ...

It was a milestone achievement in the development of intellectual property in Nigeria when the Federal Government launched the first Intellectual Property Automated System, IPAS on January 28, 2014 after 100 years ...

Over the years, efforts have always been on the publication of only trademarks in the Trademarks, Patents and Designs Journal published by the Registry of Trademarks, Patents and Designs. In what can be described as ...

There is bill pending before the National Assembly seeking to amend section 80 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). If passed the amendment will correct the lacunae in section 80 of CAMA which allows ...