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  • Feb 11
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2023-02-11
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Artificial Intelligence and the future of IP rights in Nigeria

By: Seun Lari-Williams Meet Ola, a music producer always on the lookout for new ways to make better music. He discovered an AI music composition software and saw its potential. Using the arrays of sounds and beats, as well as lyrics editing features provided by this app, he created a hit song that ...
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  • Feb 01
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2023-02-01
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF NIGERIA RECEIVES THIRD DATA PROTECTION BILL

By: Chukwuyere Ebere Izuogu LLM (Hannover), CIPP/E On Tuesday 17 January 2023, the Biometric Data Security and Data Protection Bill (SB. 1095) was read for the 1st time at the Senate of the National Assembly. It would be recalled that the earlier Data Protection Bill 2019 (HB. 504) and Data Protecti...
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  • Dec 31
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2022-12-31
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Far From Home: Competition Law Implications of Nigerian Netflix Originals

By: Seun Lari-Williams Netflix has become a household name in Nigeria, with the platform having an increasing number of subscribers from the country. Globally, it is synonymous with on-demand streaming; hitting massive records with movies and TV shows like House of Cards, Breaking Bad, Squid Game a...
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  • Dec 31
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2022-12-31
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Resolution of Domain Names Disputes in Nigeria

By: Seun Lari-Williams In recent years, domain names have become valuable intellectual property assets. In the fourth quarter of 2021, it was reported that Nigeria had over 140 million active internet users,[1] with top-level domain registrations increasingly becoming important to trading. And as y...
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  • Oct 06
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2022-10-06
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ARCON v. Facebook: Nigerian Government applies to Court for membership of 30 Billion Gang

By Timi Olagunju On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at the Federal High Court, FCT, Abuja, the Nigerian Government through The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) sued Meta [Facebook and its local agent] for N30,000,000,000.00 [Thirty Billion Naira] (approximately $69,461,640.00). The govern...
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  • Oct 06
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Issues to Watch as Nigerian Advertising Regulator tackles Meta

By : Seun Lari-Williams Nigeria’s advertising and marketing industry, concerning which there has long been an outcry of over-regulation, has now been burdened with even more regulations.[1] The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria Act No. 23 of 2022, which establishes the Advertising Regulato...
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  • Jun 06
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2022-06-06
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Effective Communication for Data Protection Professionals

By : Tojola Yusuf, CIPP/E The implementation or maintenance of a client’s privacy and data protection program cannot be achieved without communicating effectively with the staff or management of the client. Communication during meetings, awareness or training sessions, risk assessment, inciden...
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  • May 30
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2022-05-30
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Alternatives to IP Litigation in Nigeria

By: Seun Lari-Williams  Former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice Burger once said “that the notion that ordinary people want black-robed Judges and well-dressed lawyers and fine Courtrooms as settings to resolve their disputes is not correct. People with problems, like people...
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  • Mar 21
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2022-03-21
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BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA: EXAMINING DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS

By : SAMUEL C. UZOIGWE (ESQ.) Abstract The proliferation of technology in the 21st century was pervaded by an astounding intrusion of technology in the everyday activities of humans, as evident in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, mobile communication, and biometric technology, among ...
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  • Mar 21
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  • By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
  • Date: 2022-03-21
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WHAT A NOVICE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DATA PROTECTION IN NIGERIA

By: Samuel Ngwu, CIPP/E The enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) 2019 drastically changed the Data Protection and Privacy landscape in Nigeria and all over the world. The regulator has been exerting efforts on institutions and ...
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