Netflix, Hulu and Cross-Border Copyright Infringement
This year, Netflix, the popular American multinational subscription video on demand (SVoD) internet streaming media service provider announced that it’s service has gone live globally....
Read MoreSocial Media and the Law in the Context of Family
You have to show cause for your existence in this age by leaving gushing parental footprints online. You have to fulfil your purpose on earth...
Read MoreCIPIT Launches Africa ICT Policies Database
by Moses Karanja** This week CIPIT launched an Africa ICT Policies database available online here. The interactive database provides users with laws, policies, regulations, constitutions...
Read MoreWorld Intellectual Property Day 2016: Technological Revolution Defines our Culture, the Past and Present
By Isaac Rutenberg** For generations, “culture” was a relatively static concept; culture was so static, in fact, that “culture” and “life” were essentially indistinguishable. For...
Read MoreAmbush Marketing Meets Commercial Appropriation of One's Image
This month, the above image by the Coca Cola Company caught my attention especially since it is not easily ascertainable whether the professional sportspersons pictured...
Read MoreCIPIT Hosts Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) Project Case Studies Launch
Earlier this month, Strathmore University Law School’s Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology (CIPIT) hosted a three day workshop to launch the case studies...
Read MoreAfrican Royalties Low According to Global Collections Report
The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has released its Global Collections Report, revealing that, against a backdrop of continued economic uncertainty,...
Read MoreLion King Case Illustrates Overlap Between Copyright and Traditional Cultural Expressions
By Wanjiku Karanja** The Disney animated movie “The Lion King” is a fixture of popular culture having generated millions of dollars in revenue for Disney...
Read MoreRe-visiting Kenya's ICT Policy and Regulatory Framework
A frustration for many ICT law enthusiasts has been the tracing of Kenya’s ICT and Innovation policies and their implementation. The Second Medium Term Plan...
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