This article examines the intention to sue letter sent (and made public) by a Nigerian comedian through his lawyer to two Nigerian companies. In the letter, the comedian had pointed out that two companies—Friesland Foods Wamco Nigeria Plc (the makers of Peak Milk), and UAC of Nigeria Plc (the...

The original TRIPS waiver proposal made by India and South Africa in October 2020 was based on the need for affordable access to medical products for the prevention, containment of treatment of COVID-19 during the pandemic. That proposal sought to bring into force a waiver of WTO States’ TRIPS...

The Appellate Body crisis unveiled the unprecedented challenges which has long plagued the internal structure of the WTO Dispute Settlement System. The purpose of this paper is to make a critical assessment of the foundational issues that resulted to the appellate body crisis, examine the...

This is a comparative examination of the slogans and goals most advocated for antitrust law today – namely, that antitrust should be concerned with “bigness,” that it should intervene when actions undermine the “competitive process,” or that it should be concerned about promoting some...

Intellectual Property rights (IPR) means to provide property rights on patents, copyrights and trademarks some of the important elements. Include ideas, inventions, and creative expressions based on public willingness to bestow the status of property. It provides certain exclusive rights to the...

The use of “pay-for-delay” settlements in patent litigation – in which a branded manufacturer and generic entrant settle a Paragraph IV patent challenge and agree to forestall entry – has come under considerable scrutiny in recent years. Critics argue that these settlements are collusive...

International migrants who seek protection also participate in the economy. Thus the policy of the United States to drastically reduce refugee and asylum-seeker arrivals from 2017 to 2020 might have substantial and ongoing economic consequences. This paper places conservative bounds on those...

The negotiation of multilateral agreements has stalled at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The action is among groups of like-minded WTO Members, either regionally or in open plurilateral agreements (OPAs) in Geneva at the WTO. There is currently no consensus among WTO Members to include...

Traditional notions of sustainable development have strong inter-generational considerations striving for sustainable utilization of resources. The sustainable development and intellectual property rights though traditionally have different areas of operation but the nexus between the two in...

Timely identification of technology trends in the market is essential for continuous improvement of technology management. Technological information can be retrieved from patent applications. Existing methods mainly include text mining and search activities performed by human experts. Both show...