Category: Legal Parlance
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The Indian Law and the Islamic Customary Practice of Women Wearing Hijab What is a Hijab? A hijab1 is a head covering scarf that some Muslim women wear in public. For many such women, the hijab signifies both modesty2 and privacy. In some cases, the hijab is worn by a woman when she’s with men who aren’t in…
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The Impact of Intellectual Property Law in the Economic Development of Nigeria 1.0 Introduction In both public and private universities in Nigeria and in the various Faculties and Colleges of Law of these universities intellectual property law is usually a course resident in the Business or Commercial law departments of these Faculties and Colleges and…
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Land Matters in Nigeria How to register your land, make land agreement, make land papers, or get Certificate of Occupancy (C of O)? Hang on! Do you know it’s not only when someone acquire a land or landed property forcefully that he can lose it to the government or other people? Yes! Your property can…
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Hire Purchase Hire purchase is one of the many types of consumers credit transaction recognized in Nigeria Law. A Hire purchase agreement is an agreement by an owner of goods (i.e. the creditor) to hire the goods out to a hirer and to give the hirer an option to purchase the goods, conditional on his…
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Agency Relationship Sometimes an entity instructs another to conduct its business transactions. This is common and is known as an ‘Agency Relationship‘. Agency is a business relationship where a principal gives legal authority to an agent to act on the Principal’s behalf when dealing with a third party. The Black’s Law Dictionary, defines an agency…
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Copyright in Nigeria In the world of Intellectual Properties, copyrights are at the forefront of popular cognition, laying in rank with other widely known IPs like trademarks, patent, and trade secrets. In simple parlance, an Intellectual Property (shortly called IP) is an intangible property; creation of the mind. Intellectual Property rights are therefore legal provisions…
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Fintech and Data Privacy Invasion: Legal Implications (– Sokoloan as a Case Study) The borrower is servant to the lender Abstract Today, a lot of people tend to borrow money to make ends meet and for unexpected expenses and this is most times as a result of non-payment of salaries, unemployment, high living standards, etc.…
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Industrial Designs in Nigeria Want to know about industrial design rights in Nigeria? Sit tight! A lot goes into the production of goods and services. A lot in steps and processes. One major step in the production of an industrial product is the making of a design. In simple parlance, a design is a sketch,…
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Patent in Nigeria A patent is an intellectual property that grants exclusive rights with regard to an invention. All over the world, it is common knowledge that security is at the heart of human desires. A major benefit of intellectual property rights is the guarantee of economic security for human creativity. I would say, ‘Creativity…
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Trademarks in Nigeria Want to learn about trademarks in Nigeria? Hang on! Ever heard of Intellectual property (IP)? Trademarks are a principal part of intellectual properties. Like other IPs, trademarks are intangible properties; creations of the mind. A trademark is a word, sign, symbol, logo, device, slogan etc. capable of distinguishing the goods or services…