Posts in "Intellectual Property"

The University of Aberdeen's Centre for Commercial Law launched “The Evolving Commercial Law Landscape” series during the 2024/25 academic session to unpack contemporary issues within its key areas of focus. The inaugural contribution to the series is by Davidson Oturu. Davidson Oturu is the Managing Partner at Nubia Capital, a…

Roundtable on Nigeria’s Creative Industries Development Bill 2023 (CIDB)

Nigeria’s Creative Industries Development Bill 2023 (CIDB) is designed to bridge the gap between the Nigerian Creative industries and the Federal Government of Nigeria.  If passed into law, the CIDB will become the Creative Industries Development Act (CIDA). CIDA aims…

This blog post is part of the AUCEL COP26 series

I was honoured to attend COP26 in week 2 as part of the University of Aberdeen delegation.

On the final day, I shared my thoughts “live” at 4pm while protestors walked by, as part of the Aberdeen…

Following the University of Cambridge and University of Aberdeen’s recent return of bronzes looted by British soldiers from Benin City, Southern Nigeria, in 1897, Dr. Titilayo Adebola is pleased to present this fireside chat with Professor Bankole Soidipo. The University of Cambridge relinquished possession of a bronze cockerel “Okukor” after…

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the strength of most economies worldwide, making up about 90% of national and regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP).SMEs contribute to the national economic growth through tax, poverty alleviation, export generation, and sustainable economic development by creating a valuable source of employment.  For instance, before…

On the 26^th of April 2021, the Centre for Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen organised a roundtable to commemorate the World Intellectual Property Day 2021, bringing together academics, practitioners, and postgraduate students. The aim of the roundtable was to discuss the relationship between intellectual property (IP) and small…

Small and medium-size businesses can benefit from intellectual property protection for their businesses, for example with the regime of geographical indications (GI). A geographical indication is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. There…

This is the second in a series of posts being produced under the auspices of the Centre for Commercial Law in response to the coronavirus crisis. The first blog post is available here.

In the grip of a world pandemic of COVID-19 when scientists are racing to develop a cure,…

Following his thought-provoking talk delivered at the University of Aberdeen on 4 February 2020, Daniele Manzella, an international development lawyer, currently serving the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, provides personal insights into the intersections of law and genome editing in agriculture. Daniele has advised several developing countries…

Addressing the conservation and sustainability of the oceans is an increasing need of society. The international community is responding to this through the ongoing negotiations, under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, for an internationally legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological…