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Legal notes to copyright registration in Nigeria

Legal notes to copyright registration in Nigeria

Copyright registration in Nigeria. Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. Nigeria’s mixed economy is the largest in Africa, the 26th-largest in the world by nominal GDP, and 25th-largest by PPP. It is a lower-middle-income economy, with its abundant supply of natural resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, and transport […]

A Summary of Protectable Intellectual Property Rights in Nigeria

A Summary of Protectable Intellectual Property Rights in Nigeria

In general, Intellectual Property (“IP”) refers to items derived from intellectual creations. However, it may also refer to a general phrase that refers to intellectual creations for which the law grants the exclusive right of appropriation to the specified proprietors. Intellectual property law is a corpus of laws that covers all elements of intellectual property […]