Two common expressions that have gained currency in trade parlance, “les absents ont toujours tort” (absent people are always wrong), and “if you are not at the table, you are...
In the wake of the enactment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA), Olaniwun Ajayi LP on Thursday, the 11th of July 2019 hosted a Competition Law Knowledge...
BACKGROUND The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2017 passed the National Lottery Amendment Bill (the Bill) for the amendment of the National Lottery Act 2005 into...
The Value Added Tax (“VAT”) exemption currently enjoyed on commissions (a) earned on the traded value of shares; (b) payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission; (c) payable to the...
The Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), in a statement made on 10 June 2019, has approved a 10 per cent discount on harbour dues for specific vessels calling at the ports...
We conclude our software licensing series with Part D which is focused on ownership and registrability of intellectual property in software. Using the UK, USA and Nigeria as case studies,...
The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) on 14 May 2019, delivered a judgement in the case of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited v. Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS)...
FOSS is the complete opposite of a Proprietary license. Primarily, the fundamental purpose of a free and open source license is to deny anyone the right to exclusively exploit a...
In the recent case of Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1800/2017: Domsun Investment & Marine Services Ltd. v. MT GODSHAND & Anor, the Federal High Court, Coram Honourable Justice Faji, of the Lagos...
Two common expressions that have gained currency in trade parlance, “les absents ont toujours tort” (absent people are always wrong), and “if you are not at the table, you are...
In the wake of the enactment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA), Olaniwun Ajayi LP on Thursday, the 11th of July 2019 hosted a Competition Law Knowledge...
BACKGROUND The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2017 passed the National Lottery Amendment Bill (the Bill) for the amendment of the National Lottery Act 2005 into...
The Value Added Tax (“VAT”) exemption currently enjoyed on commissions (a) earned on the traded value of shares; (b) payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission; (c) payable to the...
The Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), in a statement made on 10 June 2019, has approved a 10 per cent discount on harbour dues for specific vessels calling at the ports...
We conclude our software licensing series with Part D which is focused on ownership and registrability of intellectual property in software. Using the UK, USA and Nigeria as case studies,...
The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) on 14 May 2019, delivered a judgement in the case of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited v. Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS)...
FOSS is the complete opposite of a Proprietary license. Primarily, the fundamental purpose of a free and open source license is to deny anyone the right to exclusively exploit a...
In the recent case of Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1800/2017: Domsun Investment & Marine Services Ltd. v. MT GODSHAND & Anor, the Federal High Court, Coram Honourable Justice Faji, of the Lagos...