Volume 1, Issue 2
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Volume 1, Issue 1
Intellectual Property
May 4, 2015
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Amaka Okafor/
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Introduction Counterfeiting and Piracy are presently acknowledged as one of the greatest global threats to creativity. Counterfeiting is the act of ...
Taxation
May 4, 2015
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Genevieve Henshaw/
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Introduction Historically, commercial transactions were undertaken with the traditional perception of a market in mind and taxation of these market ...
Corporate Law
May 4, 2015
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Ayokunle Adetula/
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The complexity in the governance of corporations has continued to assume greater dimension as a result of the interplay between the directors, management, ...
eCommerce
May 4, 2015
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Oladele Adeniji/
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Before the discovery of oil, the economy of Nigeria depended largely on agriculture. Upon the discovery of oil, the country’s attention shifted to oil exploration as the main driver of the economy, accounting for ...
May 4, 2015
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Obinna Osisiogu/
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Introduction An independent assessment of the investment market will reveal that foreign investors are increasingly willing to invest in businesses run by Nigerians who have better understanding of the local terrain ...
Updates
July 8, 2015
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stillwaters/
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May 4, 2015
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stillwaters/
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May 4, 2015
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Editor’s Note
In this edition of our quarterly newsletter, we have featured articles on border measures as a means of curbing piracy and counterfeiting.
There is also a review of the Australian case of Lift Shop Pty Ltd v Easy Living Home Elevators Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 75 where we examine the relationship between Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Intellectual Property (IP). Australia being a common law country, we assume that this trail blazing decision may be of persuasive substance in Nigerian courts.
Another very interesting article is on E-Commerce, a fast rising and potentially explosive field of business in Nigeria. While the rest of the world experiences growth in e-commerce at a rate of 16.8%, Africa’s e-commerce is growing at 25.8% with Nigeria leading the pack. According to phillipsconsulting.net in its Online Shopping Report, July 2014, the leading online retail stores in Nigeria achieve an average of about $2 million worth of transactions per week. In a study recently conducted by Research Company Ipsos on behalf of PayPal it was revealed that 65% out of the approximately 50 million internet users in Nigeria shop online with many more expected to fall into this category. A follow up on this highlighting write up is an article by Genevieve Henshaw on E-Commerce Taxation regime in Nigeria.
We conclude this edition with Ayokunle Adetula’s review of Corporate Governance Code.
All the aforementioned articles have been curated to provide valuable information to our readers.
We are available to assist if you would require further guidance on how the content of our newsletter affects your business.
Afam Nwokedi
(Principal Partner)