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WIPO National IP Essay Competition 2021 Panel of Judges Announced

May 28, 2021

An independent panel of judges, comprised of 18 accomplished experts, has been appointed to assist with the review and assessment of entries for the 2021 WIPO National IP Essay Competition. 

The members of the panel are:

  1. ‘Mo Olumide Obidiran, Deputy Director General, Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists.
  2. Dan-Azumi Muhammed, Director-General, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP)
  3. Enobong Usen, Principal Assistant Registrar, Patents and Designs Registry, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
  4. John Onyido, Partner, SPA Ajibade & Co.
  5. Loretta Asiedu, Senior Counsellor, Division for Africa, WIPO.
  6. Otu-Ekong Ukoyen, Senior Associate, Olajide Oyewole LLP, Vice President, IP Law Association of Nigeria (IPLAN)
  7. Altayework Tedla Desta, Head, Distance Learning Program, WIPO Academy
  8. Anne Adeleye, Ag. Registrar, Trademarks Registry, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
  9. John Asein, Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC).
  10. Ifeoluwa Olubiyi, Senior Lecturer, College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti.
  11. Professor Johnson Ekpere, Consultant, Former Executive Secretary, Scientific, Technical and Research Commission, Organization of African Unity (OAU/STRC).
  12. Wale Okediran, Secretary-General, Pan-African Writers Association, Former Member, Nigerian Federal House of Representatives
  13. Titilayo Adebola, Senior Advisor UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Associate Director, Centre for Commercial Law (theme coordinator for IP Law), University of Aberdeen School of Law
  14. Professor Joe Kur, Faculty of Law, Benue State University, Makurdi.
  15. Marx Ikongbeh, Principal/Founder, Everlaw Associates
  16. Martha Chikowore, Counsellor, Academic Institutions and Executive Program, WIPO Academy
  17. Professor Musa Waziri, Faculty of Law, University of Abuja
  18. Tunde Mustapha, Charge D’Affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, Geneva.

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