Blogging in Nigeria Just a few years ago, blogging in Nigeria was dismissed as a hobby and an unemployed person’s pastime. However the recent media reports around success stories of Nigerian bloggers, has given more people reason to look into this ‘hobby’ again. We...
Processing for registering a Trademark in Nigeria Why Register a Trademark in Nigeria? A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one...
QUESTION: To what extent does an email or online message count as a binding contract? For the sake of example, let’s take a simple negotiation. If a fee is agreed upon for a particular range of services in an email conversation, can said email be printed out and...
How to choose the right structure for your business When starting their business, a lot of people are driven by one overriding factor – keeping the costs as low as possible! while that is a good thing, there is such a thing as being penny wise and pound foolish. As an...
Founding Team : Legal Issues Apart from the obvious things like ensuring your co-founder(s) is someone you can work with (personality wise), and that the person brings value to the business, either by way of investment or by his/her skills, the most important thing...
How to protect your online content In this digital age, intellectual property is becoming a very valuable currency. Especially when it relates to online content. Look at this scenario, you spend hours writing a funny and interesting short story, you publish it...
