This book reflects on the development of Nigeria's intellectual property law and outlines the urgent need for reform. Honouring Professor Adebambo Adewopo SAN, the pioneering thinker in Nigerian intellectual property law, this book will be an important resource for researchers working on African Law.

Introduction: Nigerian IP experience: Past and Present Part I: Patents 1. Patent Licensing Contracts under Nigerian and US Law: The Operation of Exhaustion Doctrine in Nigeria 2. The Patent System and Access to Essential Medicine (HIV and Cancer) in Nigeria: Overcoming the Challenges of Unsustainable Donor Funding and Impaired Access 3. Rethinking the Patents and Designs Act in the Era of Genomic Research 4. Law Reform and Employee-Invention Patents in Nigeria: A Cue from the United Kingdom 5. Traditional Knowledge on the Medicinal Uses of Plants (TKMUP) in Nigeria: Whither the Patent System in COVID-19 Pandemic Part II: Trademarks 6. Two Strings on a Bow: Scope of Registrable Trademarks from the Era of Traditional Knowledge to Digital Technology in Nigeria (Pre and Post 1965) 7. Registration of Domain Name as Trademarks in Nigeria: Panacea to Cybersquatting 8. Trademark in The Digital Age in Nigeria Part III: Copyright 9. The Quagmire of Open Access: Availability, accessibility, and impact 10. Evolution of Digital Performance: Leveraging Rights in Performances 11. Non-consensual Pornography in Nigeria and the Copyright Law 12. Intellectual Property Law and the Protection of Creative MSMEs in the Digital Economy of Nigeria: Leveraging AfCFTA 13. Registration of Copyright Works in Nigeria from the Prism of TV XTRA Productions Ltd v National University Commission and Zain Nigeria 14. Inequality of Bargaining Power between Artistes and Recording Companies: A Critical Review of the Case of African Songs Ltd. V. Sunny Ade 15. Seeking Protection for use of Images in Commercial Practices in Nigeria: A Pathway to Intellectual Property Reform and Development 16. Intellectual Property Reform in Nigeria