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Intellectual Property and Law in Nigeria.
The legal protection of intellectual property in Nigeria is the focus of this book. Its nine chapters dwell on copyright trademarks, patents, industrial designs and the legal protection of intellectual property in Nigeria. An overview is given of the law relating to the subject in order to facilitat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lagos :
Malthouse Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Malthouse law books
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Foreword
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Contents
- Chapter 1
- Introduction
- Meaning of intellectual property
- Nature and Scope of Intellectual Property
- Chapter 2
- Copyright
- Meaning of Copyright
- Nature and scope of copyright
- Historical development
- Justifications for Copyright
- Works eligible for protection
- Copyright Ownership/Authorship
- Administration of Copyright
- Jurisdiction of court over copyright matters
- Infringement of copyrightRemedies
- Chapter 3
- Trademarks
- Meaning of Trademark
- Nature and Scope of Trademarks
- Historical development
- Justification for Trademark
- Registrable Trademarks
- Trademarks' proprietorship
- The administration of Trademarks in Nigeria
- Jurisdiction of courts over Trademarks matters
- Infringement of Trademark
- Remedies
- Chapter 4
- Patents
- Meaning of Patent
- Nature and Scope of patent
- Historical development
- Justification for patent
- Patentable inventions
- The Patent Grant
- Administration of patentJurisdiction of Courts over patent matters
- Infringement of patent
- Remedies
- Chapter 5
- Industrial Designs
- Meaning of an Industrial design
- Nature and scope of Industrial Design
- Historical development
- Justification for protection of industrial design
- Registrable Design
- Designs proprietorship
- Administration of industrial design
- Jurisdiction of courts over industrial design matters
- Infringement of industrial design
- Remedies
- Chapter 6
- Protectability of Intellectual Property
- How, in practical termns, can intellectual property be protected?Legal protection of intellectual property
- Chapter 7
- Basis for Protection
- General
- Right to own
- Publication and dissemination of information
- Right to control the use
- Protection from deceit
- Protection of business reputation and goodwill
- Promotes competition
- Guarantees prodyct quality
- Indices for measuring development
- Chapter 8
- Challenges to effective protection of intellectual property
- Statutory problems
- Enforcement problems
- Societal problems
- Chapter 9
- ConclusionSummary
- Recommendations
- Appendices