Like many industries around the world, the creative industry has undergone evolution; from the use of three dimensional (3D) printers to compact discs (CDs) to Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs), and since the late 90s, the [...]
An application software (app) is a program designed to help customers perform particular activities. These apps, which are usually on our electronic devices, are used to control several things ranging from health & fitness, music, [...]
In the recent decision in Multichoice Nigeria Limited v. Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd/ Gte, the Court of Appeal decided that assignees of copyrighted works under contracts concluded before the Copyright Act are entitled to [...]
In celebration of the World Intellectual Property Day, AELEX is organising a virtual free legal clinic, themed, 'Innovation and IP' which is scheduled to hold by 12:30pm on 28th April 2020. Intended participants at the [...]
In celebration of the World Intellectual Property Day, AELEX is organising a virtual free legal clinic, themed, 'Innovation and IP' which is scheduled to hold by 12:30pm on 28th April 2020. Intended participants at the webinar [...]
Our Davidson Oturu will be a panelist in an upcoming webinar titled “An Executive Look at the Role of Trademark Law in Advancing a Green Future in Nigeria.” This webinar is scheduled for 3pm - [...]
Our Theophilus Emuwa has been recognised as a "Recommended Expert" by the World Trademark Review (WTR) 2020. The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, the industry’s preeminent publication. The WTR conducts extensive research over many months to [...]
Software applications are continuously being developed to solve myriads of problems in financial services, payment systems, communications, manufacturing and other area With the use of software applications, people can now communicate with their business partners [...]
How has the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 impacted upon image rights, what rights do data subjects have and how can the rights be enforced under Nigeria’s Data Protection Regulation and case law? Our article [...]
Image rights, which extend beyond photographs, are beginning to gain prominence with numerous instances of their exploitations and infringements. In our article in the link below, we examine the scope of image rights, their commercialisation [...]
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) can be very valuable assets and ought to be considered, like other proprietary rights, in merger and acquisition transactions. Our article in the link below considers certain key issues that must [...]
ǼLEX Partner, Davidson Oturu, was recently interviewed by the World Trademark Review. He spoke, amongst other issues, on how owners of trademarks can protect their marks against persons who seek to register those marks as [...]
Big Data describes the massive collection of structured, unstructured and multi-structured data that flow through our digital universe every day — data streamed from phones and credit cards, internet activities and embedded systems, televisions and computers; [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving innovation and as technology advances, so too does the ability to use AI in diverse ways. This has led to the recent uptrend in AI deployment by start-ups and large [...]
ǼLEX is pleased to announce that its Intellectual Property Practice has been recognised in the 2019 edition of the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000. This listing is yet another endorsement of our IP team’s hard [...]
One of our Partners in the IP & TMT Practice Group, Davidson Oturu LL.M, has received an individual recommendation in the 2019 rankings by the "World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals”. [...]
Our Davidson Oturu LL.M, Tiwalola Osazuwa and Frances Anaekwe are the contributors to the Nigerian chapter of the recently published Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global Guide on Franchising. The publication examines the different models of local [...]
ǼLEX contributed to the Nigerian Chapter on Franchising in the 2019 edition of INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL GUIDE. The Guide covers common issues in franchise laws and regulations including Competition Law, Real Estate and the protection of [...]
Patents are exclusive time-bound rights given to an inventor by a government where such inventor successfully demonstrates that his disclosed invention is novel (new) and capable of industrial application.One of the goals of the patent registration [...]
Simply put, a domain name can be considered as the name that a person or business chooses for his/its website. It is used to identify a registered Internet Protocol (IP) address which online visitors can use [...]
