THE MADRID TRADEMARK REGISTRATION SYSTEM: NIGERIA TO JOIN OR NOT? INTRODUCTION Business operations are no longer territorial but have now become integrated on a global scale, birthing multinational companies globally. Consequently, these entities are no more only keen on expanding their businesses, but are also focused on protecting their intellectual property rights in the countries […]
ADDRESSING E-WASTE FROM THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC SECTOR: AN ANALYSIS OF EXTANT LAW AND REGULATION INTRODUCTION Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“EEE”) has become increasingly popular in Nigeria in the wake of burgeoning technological advancements. The proliferation of EEE has soared, positively impacting human lives even in the most remote areas. Thereby, enhancing connectivity and convenience […]
LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING AND PRODUCTIVITY; BEST PRACTICES, LEGAL ASPECTS, AND GO-FORWARD STRATEGIES. INTRODUCTION An employee’s well-being is an important consideration and challenge for organizations because good well-being extends beyond a comfortable office environment. The employee’s well-being reflects the office environment and its influence on the mental and physical health of the employee. […]
ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES: A REVIEW OF THE EITI STANDARDS 2023 INTRODUCTION Axiomatically, some countries with humongous levels of energy resources are bedevilled with an excruciating level of poverty, energy deficit problems, deteriorating environment, and corruption to the extent that researchers have termed them as resource-cursed. Academics, political analysts, legal scholars […]
RECAP OF MAJOR DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION TRENDS IN NIGERIA IN 2023 & OUTLOOK FOR 2024 As data privacy and protection evolves around the world, Nigeria witnessed its fair share of data privacy and protection innovations in 2023. In this edition of our data privacy and protection newsletter, we have summarized the major events for […]
NIGERIA DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION (NDPC) COMPLIANCE AUDIT RETURNS (“CARs”) GUIDANCE NOTICE ALERT The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) in November 2023, published a Guidance Notice concerning annual Data Protection Compliance Audit Returns. The filing of Annual Data Protection Compliance Audit Returns is an obligation for data controllers and processors under the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation […]
CROSS BORDER DATA TRANSFER: NAVIGATING COMPLIANCE UNDER NIGERIA’S DATA PROTECTION ACT 2023 It is without peradventure that the nature of technology use has occasioned a near borderless global society as personal data flows in trillions of bytes across borders. The recently enacted Nigeria Data Protection Act (the Act) 2023, occasioned a modification of the data […]
NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS (NFTS) AND TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT: REAL-WORLD IP RIGHTS IN THE VIRTUAL SPACE: ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE LAW? From the Bored Apes collection to Jack Dorsey’s auctioned Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) of his first-ever tweet, “just setting up my twttr”, which sold for over US$2.9 million, the creation and sale of NFTs is one that took […]
CategoriesFirm Update NewsINVESTMENT GUIDE: DOING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA With immense growth in technology and globalization, cross-border investments have taken prime positions in global economies. As a developing country with immeasurable growth potential, Nigeria ranks as the largest oil producer in Africa and the 11th largest oil producer in the world. Aside from available oil and gas reserves, […]
CategoriesLawNOTABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COPYRIGHT ACT CAP C28 LFN 2004 AND THE COPYRIGHT ACT AS AMENDED The Copyright Act, 2004 was first enacted in 1988 to make provisions, inter alia, for the protection of creative works and the remedy and penalty for the infringement thereof. Sequel to the phenomenal growth in the creative industry, it […]
