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NCC Urges Researchers, Academics to Explore Intellectual Property Framework for Development

Joshua Olomu Apr 27, 2020 0

Mr John Asein, Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has urged the nation’s researchers and academics to explore intellectual property framework for national development, especially in science and medicine. He made the…

Education

90% visually impaired persons are unlikely to access education – WIPO

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 29, 2017 0

Only 10 per cent of the 285 million visually impaired people, worldwide, are likely to have access to education or get a job, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has said. A Director of the WIPO, Mr Kelvin Fitzgerald,…

Entertainment

Nigeria wins bid to host WIPO Regional Office in Africa

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 14, 2016 0

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) says Nigeria has won the bid to host the first Africa Regional Office of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The Director General of the Commission, Mr Afam Ezekude, disclosed this…