16May 2025 by admin No Comments
New Webinar Alert! Protect Your Songs, Screens and Stories

New Webinar Alert! Protect Your Songs, Screens and Stories

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Are you a singer, actor, writer, or any type of creative? Are you a professional who advises creatives? This is a webinar you can’t afford to miss. We are diving into the heart of the creative world and looking at legal issues that affect creatives. 📅 Date: Wednesday 21st May, 2025 🕐Time: 2pm WAT 📍Venue: Zoom and other social media platforms Panelists Dr. John Asein - Director General, Nigeria Copyright Commission Mobisola Odimegwu- Lead Counsel, Sofia Legal (Host) Monisola Tayo-Oyetibo - CEO, LAWFM 103.9 Richard Omos-Iboyi - CEO LionHills Studio Omotayo Queen Inakoju- Head of Legal, Ebonylife Group Joice Ize-Iyamu - CEO, Rouge Entertainment Secure your free spot now. Register here: https://bit.ly/sofialegalIPwebinar
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20Feb 2025 by admin No Comments
COURT DISMISSES SUIT AGAINST META AND FACEBOOK NIGERIA – A LESSON IN PROCEDURAL AWARENESS

COURT DISMISSES SUIT AGAINST META AND FACEBOOK NIGERIA – A LESSON IN PROCEDURAL AWARENESS

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How the Courts Work Nigerian high courts, generally allow a Claimant to withdraw or discontinue their entire case or part of it against the opposing party. The result of this withdrawal could be that the Court merely strikes out the case, such that the Claimant is able to bring the same case back to Court at a later date or it could be a dismissal, such that the Claimant is completely unable to re-institute the action against that Defendant. In the High Court of Lagos State, when a Claimant applies to withdraw or discontinue its case, whether the case will be struck out or dismissed it depends on the stage at which the Claimant applies to do so and the steps the Claimant has taken. By Order 25 of the…
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21Dec 2022 by admin No Comments
Preventing Contractual Disputes: 10 Ways

Preventing Contractual Disputes: 10 Ways

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Contracts are an important part of everyday business and individual life. Parties enter contracts for various reasons - the purchase or supply of some good or service, to protect certain specific interests, to define terms on which they would collaborate and so on. It is trite that a contract could be oral or written. Disputes however frequently arise out of contracts with one party alleging that the other has failed to keep to the terms of the contract. To resolve, the parties then have to look to the terms of the contract to find if this is so and where there’s no clarity, could find themselves at loggerheads over what the terms of the contract mean. In this piece, we succinctly outline 10 ways to prevent or minimize contractual disputes.…
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