Nigeria

Desmond Elliot
International Law: Africa, Asia

Nigerian Celebs Endorse Jonathan Goodluck: Real Conviction, Integrity, Honesty or Just Role Playing?

April 4, 2011

Nigerian politics remains well and alive and boy is it murky and crazy! Can you believe the national election was postponed? The national elections will now be held as late as April 9th, 2011 with later dates anticipated. Anyway, two [...]

Chris Austria--
International Law: Africa, Asia

Interview: Music Licensing With Chris Austria, Director for Music Licensing at IDC

February 25, 2011

Chris Austria is a rather impressive man. He is the Director for Music Licensing at Independent Distribution Collective, a San Francisco music distribution company. He is also a tiger expert. I had the privilege of interviewing him for the music [...]

Music Law

Chocolate City Music Group to Sue Over ‘Oleku’ Leak? #Copyright Violation, Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreements

January 21, 2011

To say I was highly vexed when I saw a release, yesterday, of an alleged video for a song titled ‘Oleku’ by Nigeria’s musician Ice Prince, would be an understatement. ‘Oleku’ was a hit song last year in Nigeria with [...]

Music Law

Africa: Songwriter Credits + ESQlaw.net (Nigeria)

December 31, 2010

These days, I am getting used to receiving messages from legal colleagues within and outside Africa curious about Africa’s intellectual property laws and specifically, Nigeria’s as it pertains to its fashion and entertainment industries.  If you are interested in knowing [...]

Interviews

Style House Files Interviews Attorney and Publisher Uduak Oduok

September 30, 2010

Style House Files (stylehousefiles.com) a blog owned by fellow attorney, Omoyemi Akerele, who turned  one of Nigeria’s leading stylist interviews yours truly. Akerele since moving from law to fashion has served prominent roles in Nigeria’s fashion industry including at one [...]