By Itanrin Eniola and Taye Henry INTRODUCTION While one could peer into an 1870s debutante ball or a 1970s disco and see people following a…
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Category: Intellectual Property Law
The Concept of ‘Work for Hire’ and Its Usability in the Nigerian Copyright Law Context
The concept of “work for hire” has gained widespread recognition across many jurisdictions and has increasingly been adopted in structuring deals within Nigerian industries, particularly in the entertainment sector. “Work for hire” operates in a way that in the eyes of the law the real creator never existed in the eye of the law and the person or company commissioning the work owns it as if they had created it themselves. In this article, probing through the lens of the Nigerian Copyright Act 2022, the author examines the applicability of the ‘work for hire’ concept in Nigerian jurisprudence.
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EXAMINING THE PLACE OF CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS IN THE COPYRIGHT PARLANCE.
By Omolade Ayodele Choreography stands as one of the most profound yet legally misunderstood forms of artistic expression. From the early struggles of dancers…
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COPYRIGHTS DON’T PROTECT IDEAS BUT CONTRACTS DO; BLAUSTEIN v BURTON Case Review.
“It is ‘works’ that are protected not ‘ideas’. If ideas can be taken without copying a ‘work’, the copyright owner cannot interfere”The above position has…
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THE REDEFINATION OF ‘TRADEMARKS’ UNDER THE BUSINESS FACILITATION ACT
“Except in relation to a certification trademark, a mark used or proposed to be used in relation to goods for the purpose of indicating,…
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