In Nnam v. Five Star Music & Ors, the Plaintiff, Sir Jude Nnam, claimed copyright ownership over several songs he composed, alleging that the Defendants—Five Star Music and its affiliates—had ...
Highlights of Global Creative Legal Summit 2024
Last week, OTL Law had the immense pleasure of participating in the inaugural Global Creative Legal Summit (GCLS), which took place in Lagos from Tuesday, September 17, 2024, to Friday, September 20, ...
Global Creative Legal Summit 2024
Our partner, A Tope Tokan-Lawal, will be participating in the inaugural edition of the Global Creative Legal Summit (GCLS) from September 17th to 20th, 2024 alongside other lawyers and experts in the ...
Copyright: Author’s Moral Right
Moral right or right of attribution is an Author/Owner’s right to have their name shown on/with their work. The right subsist for the duration of the work’s copyright and cannot be assigned/transm...
World Intellectual Property Day 2024
“We need to act now and we need to use all the tools available to us, especially our ingenuity and intellectual property to achieve a sustainable future for everyone, everywhere.” – WIPO...
Copyright Protection: Artistic Works
Works of an artistic nature include, blueprints, charts, cartoons/comics, diagrams, engravings, graphs, logos, maps, paintings, photographs, sculptures, sketches, and a work of architecture. Copyright...
Obtaining Copyright Protection of your IP
Literary works, Musical works, Artistic works, Audiovisual works, Sound Recordings, and Broadcasts are eligible for copyright protection under the Copyright Act 2022. No formality is required to obtai...
Works Eligible for Copyright Protection in Nigeria
Copyright is a form of intellectual property which protects original works such as videos, lectures, articles, novels, software, architecture, songs, and sound recordings. Subject to the limitations i...
Moral Right/Right of Attribution
Moral right or right of attribution is an author/owner’s right to have their name shown on/with their work. Failure to credit the author/owner of copyrighted materials may subject you to damages, in...
Copyright in a Digital Age (Quote)
Excerpt from “Copyright Law: Principles, Practice and Procedure” by Professor Bankole Sodipo, SAN describing the complexities of the Copyright Act, 1988 in light of his experience as a tea...