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China maps out blueprint for building up IP strength in new era

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2021 0

China recently issued a guideline on building up its intellectual property (IP) strength between 2021 and 2035, which charts the route to advancing the development of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the next 15 years and represents a milestone in the country’s IPR sector. In recent years,

News

China pushes forward with high-quality development of IPR protection

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2021 0

In the past five years, China continuously pushed forward cracking down on infringements and counterfeiting, achieving solid progress in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) and creating a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment. Shen Changyu, head of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), recently said that

Law Opinion

‘This is America’ vs ‘This is Nigeria’: Copyright Infrignment?

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2018 0

Background Donald Glover, who performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino, recently released a video titled ‘This is America’ where he depicted some social problems plaguing the United States of America especially the problem of gun violence. Not long after the song broke the internet, Nigerian Artist, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz released […]

World

Egypt Launches Digital Forensic Lab to Improve Intellectual Property Rights’ (IPR) Protection and Enforcement

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2018 0

The Government of Egypt has announced today that it is setting up a specialized digital forensic lab for Intellectual Property as part of its enforcement schemes of combating software piracy. The new lab, the first of its kind in the MENA region, is mainly designed to resolve business software and internet-based piracy cases. It authentically […]

Law Opinion

Long road to securing intellectual property rights in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 6 February 2018 0

Google, Tom & Jerry, Snapchat, Starwars, Instagram, Americanah© by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Beyoncé, Beyhive, Facebook, Exxon Mobil, Yahoo!.   A new world of ideas The world is moving at a faster pace and the tools being employed in this rat race are of an intellectual nature. There is a shift towards recognising that all elements […]