Design Moral Rights Ownership Public Domain 
43(B)log
AUGUST 11, 2022
A business code communicating within a community designed to be closed. If public function, no, but if private, yes. A: author of Esperanto consigned it to the public domain. Authors have options: they can surrender to the public; they can assert complete control; or something in between. Merger is off the table.
IP and Legal Filings
MAY 13, 2024
Image Sources: Shutterstock] Basic understanding of Copyright Copyright is a legal theory that provides artists complete ownership over their creative works, preventing unauthorised use and copying. A linguistic model lacks the kind of human imagination required to develop logos or designs.
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The IPKat
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 22, 2024
Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.
The IPKat
MAY 29, 2023
Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. The case serves as the springboard for a discussion on whether owning both rights may put the rightsholder at risk. Partridge, offers a view on the overlaps between trade marks and domain names.
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