Nigerian Intellectual Property Law

Reform and Development
Herausgeber: Lawal-Arowolo, Ayoyemi; Ola, Kunle

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reflects on the development of Nigeria's intellectual property law and outlines the urgent need for reform. Honouring Professor Adebambo Adewopo SAN, the pioneering thinker in Nigerian intellectual property law, this book will be an important resource for researchers working on African Law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781032169033
• ISBN-10: 1032169036
• Artikelnr.: 68711383

Autorenporträt

Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo is Professor in the Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, Babcock University School of Law and Security Studies, Nigeria. Kunle Ola is a Senior Lecturer at the Thomas More Law School (TMLS), Australian Catholic University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Nigerian IP experience: Past and Present Part I: Patents 1.
Patent Licensing Contracts under Nigerian and US Law: The Operation of
Exhaustion Doctrine in Nigeria 2. The Patent System and Access to Essential
Medicine (HIV and Cancer) in Nigeria: Overcoming the Challenges of
Unsustainable Donor Funding and Impaired Access 3. Rethinking the Patents
and Designs Act in the Era of Genomic Research 4. Law Reform and
Employee-Invention Patents in Nigeria: A Cue from the United Kingdom 5.
Traditional Knowledge on the Medicinal Uses of Plants (TKMUP) in Nigeria:
Whither the Patent System in COVID-19 Pandemic Part II: Trademarks 6. Two
Strings on a Bow: Scope of Registrable Trademarks from the Era of
Traditional Knowledge to Digital Technology in Nigeria (Pre and Post 1965)
7. Registration of Domain Name as Trademarks in Nigeria: Panacea to
Cybersquatting 8. Trademark in The Digital Age in Nigeria Part III:
Copyright 9. The Quagmire of Open Access: Availability, accessibility, and
impact 10. Evolution of Digital Performance: Leveraging Rights in
Performances 11. Non-consensual Pornography in Nigeria and the Copyright
Law 12. Intellectual Property Law and the Protection of Creative MSMEs in
the Digital Economy of Nigeria: Leveraging AfCFTA 13. Registration of
Copyright Works in Nigeria from the Prism of TV XTRA Productions Ltd v
National University Commission and Zain Nigeria 14. Inequality of
Bargaining Power between Artistes and Recording Companies: A Critical
Review of the Case of African Songs Ltd. V. Sunny Ade 15. Seeking
Protection for use of Images in Commercial Practices in Nigeria: A Pathway
to Intellectual Property Reform and Development 16. Intellectual Property
Reform in Nigeria