Adejoke Oyewunmi Nigeria law of intellectual property (Unilag Press & Bookshop, 2015)

• Published date: 24 May 2019
• Author: Nwauche, E.S.
• Date: 24 May 2019
• Pages: 188-191

BOOK REVIEW: ADEJOKE

OYEW U NMI NIGERIA LAW

OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

(UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS PRESS &

BOOKSHOP, 2015)

 

Professor of Law, Universit y of Fort Hare, East London

Former Director General, Nigerian Copyright Commission

As Nigeria grapples with the chal lenges of technological development, it

            

innovation and creativit y enter the market to join, g uide and participate in

the public discourse on the approp riate policies, rules and reg ulations which

         

             

such as crude oil. Even though in novation and creativity exist and c ontinue

without legal intervention, a legal f ramework of intellectual property r ights is

       

    

without a legal framework. It is even more challengi ng for developing

countries such as Nigeria t o articulate a framework that mobilises i ntellectual

property as a key d river of development. There is hardly any count ry without

intellectual prope rty laws legislation. Whether national legislation effectively

            

         

largely ineffective legal framework. Its sust enance and growth i n the light

    

intellectual prope rty administrat ion.

The book Nigerian Law of Intellectual P roperty    

          

copyright and indust rial propert y is somewhat followed in this book. Part

      

theories of intellectu al property. Part two (chapters 2–8) deals with copyright

 

copyright; natu re, scope and duration of copyr ight; ownership of copyright;

infringeme nt of copyright; remedies and defences; neighbou ring rights; and

the framework for the adm inistration of copyright. Part th ree (chapters 9–20),

which is the largest part of the b ook, sets out the law of patents, indust rial

designs and trade marks, covering an int roduction to the law of patents;

requirements for patent ability; registration of patent s; subsistence of patent

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