PRESS RELEASE: MTN, COPYRIGHT COMMISSION PARTNER TO STRENGTHEN COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and MTN Nigeria Communications Limited have committed to a partnership geared at strengthening copyright regulations to guarantee adequate reward for copyright owners and users across […]

Goodwill Message Of The Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Mr John O. Asein, On The Occasion Of The World Intellectual Property Day, April 26, 2019

NIGERIA today, 26th April, joins the rest of the world to commemorate the World Intellectual Property Day 2019. This is a day set aside by Member States of the World […]

World Intellectual Property Day – April 26, 2019 Reach for Gold: IP and Sports

Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. Faster, stronger, higher! The drive to test our […]

AN ADDRESS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, NIGERIAN COPYRIGHT COMMISSION (NCC), MR. JOHN O. ASEIN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY, TUESDAY 23RD APRIL 2019

It is a great pleasure for me to join the community of authors and copyright stakeholders across the globe to mark and celebrate this year’s World Book and Copyright Day. […]

Canada Joins Three Key WIPO Trademark Treaties

March 18, 2019 Canada has joined three WIPO treaties that promote the worldwide use of trademarks, giving a boost to Canadian brand owners as well as consumers and underlining Canada’s strong multilateral […]

Cook Islands Accedes to Four Key WIPO Copyright Treaties

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]March 19, 2019 The Cook Islands deposited on March 19, 2019 its instruments of accession to four key copyright WIPO treaties with WIPO Director Francis Gurry. Mr. Gurry received the instruments of accession […]

Samoa Joins the Madrid System

December 4, 2018 On December 4, 2018, the Government of Samoa deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with WIPO’s Director General, making Samoa the 103rd member of the Madrid System, which […]

United States of America Joins WIPO’s Marrakesh Treaty as 50th Member In Major Advance for the Global Blind Community

Geneva, February 8, 2019 PR/2019/828 The United States of America has joined WIPO’s fast-growing Marrakesh Treaty as its 50th member, adding a major global publishing center to the Treaty that promotes […]