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The DABUS Patent: Kenya what say ye? Can we or can we not patent AI?

Image credits: https://www.topbots.com/ Recently, South Africa became the first Country to grant patent rights to an artificial intelligence (AI) system.1The invention relates to a “food...

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What are Red-Team exercises under the CBK Guidance notes on Cybersecurity?

Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Kenya’s cyberspace is under constant attack. During the period April – June 2021, the Kenya Computer Incident Response Team...

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Key Issues arising from the Data Protection (Registration of Controllers and Processors) Regulations 2021.

Icons made by Payungkead from www.flaticon.com Introduction The Data Protection Act (DPA) introduced the first comprehensive legislation on the protection of personal data. The Act...

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Opt-in or Opt-out? Demystifying Proposed Consent Requirements for Direct Marketing in Kenya

Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Consumer data fuels direct marketing strategies among businesses, more so through telecommunications and information technologies that are increasingly being...

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A case for decriminalization of infringement in the Intellectual Property Bill, 2020

Image is from Depositphotos Introduction Infringement can generally be defined as an unauthorized act, a violation or a breach of the right of another.1 Intellectual...

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Data Protection (Compliance and Enforcement) Regulations 2021: Key Considerations

Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com In April 2021, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) issued draft guidelines and invited comments from the...

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Inclusion and Exclusion: Reflections from the Digital ID Talk

African governments are among over 161 countries that are rolling out digital ID systems with the reasoning that digitalization of national ID programmes will improve...

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YOU ARE COPYING ME: PREMIER FOOD INDUSTRIES LIMITED V TRICLOVER INDUSTRIES (K) LIMITED

Source: https://www.peptang.com/product/lime-juice/  Source: https://epepea.com/supermarket/product/clovers-lime-juice-1-5ltrs#! On 5th February, 2021, in the case of Premier Food Industries Limited v. Triclover Industries (K) Limited, the judge ruled in...

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Some news on the Intellectual Property Bill 2020: We are moving forward.

In 2013, the Presidential Taskforce on Parastatal Reforms in a report presented to the President recommended merging of Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI), Kenya Copyright...

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