On the 18th of March 2026, the UK government published its much awaited report on copyright and artificial intelligence. In the report, the government essentially decided to adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach to several of the issues raised by the interface between AI and copyright law. However, in this short essay, I want to… Continue reading AI and Personality/Publicity Rights in the UK
India and South Africa have now submitted a proposal (dated 2 October 2020) to the WTO’s TRIPS Council requesting for the waiver of Sections 1 (Copyright), 4 (Industrial Designs), 5 (patents), and 7 (undisclosed information) of Part II of the TRIPS Agreement in relation to the prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID-19. The waiver would… Continue reading Suspending TRIPS to Fight COVID-19?
In my last post, I examined the interface between Article 10(1) of the Berne Convention and the Three Step Test. In this post, the last in this series, I will examine the interface between Article 10(2) of the Berne Convention and the Three Step Test. In this regard, I will be drawing on a forthcoming… Continue reading Article 10 of the Berne Convention and the Three Step Test (Part 5)
In this post, I intend to examine the interface between Article 10(1) of the Berne Convention and Article 13 of the TRIPS Agreement. In this regard, I will be drawing extensively on a recent paper by Tanya Aplin and Lionel Bently titled, ‘Displacing the Dominance of the Three-Step Test: The Role of Global, Mandatory Fair… Continue reading Article 10 of the Berne Convention and the Three Step Test (Part 4)
It is no longer news that Nigeria is seeking to amend its copyright law. Nollywood, Nigeria’s popular film industry, however has some complaints with regard to the amendment of the Nigerian copyright law. According to an article dated 28 November 2015 and published in a Nigerian newspaper, Vanguard, Nollywood apparently has its own demands that it expects… Continue reading Nollywood’s Absurd Demand for a Constitutional Right to IP in Nigeria
Emmanuel Oke 