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Ten Years Later: Dismal Performance Scorecard for the Copyright Office

As discussed previously, this month marks the 10 year birthday of Kenya’s Copyright Office (KECOBO) and this blogger promised to rate KECOBO’s performance over the...

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JB Maina, M-Shwari Updates: Safaricom's Copyright Battles Continue

As many may already know, Safaricom, the largest mobile telecommunications company in Kenya is currently embroiled in a handful of intellectual property (read: copyright) law...

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Chief Justice Makes Practice and Procedure Rules for Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Under the Constitution of Kenya

Today, the Law Society of Kenya reports that the Chief Justice (CJ) Dr. Willy Mutunga has made Practice and Procedure Rules for enforcement of the...

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Legal Protection of TV Formats: Another Sui-Generis Area of Intellectual Property Law?

Imagine this scenario: You are a budding creator and film producer who develops this brilliant TV show which is being aired on one of our...

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The Past 10 Years: Kenya's Copyright Office Turns One Decade Old This Month

On the 21st July 2003, the then Honourable Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya, S. Amos Wako, SC officially launched the Kenya Copyright Board...

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Announcement: Patent Drafting Course from 12 – 15 August 2013

Kenya Industrial Property Institute in collaboration with CIPIT will hold a training course on drafting and prosecuting patent applications from 12th -15th August 2013 at...

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The Health Bill must empower the Cabinet Secretary for Health to utilise compulsory licensing

There are various types of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement flexibilities. According to the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS flexibilities and...

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LDCs ‘Unconditional’ TRIPS Extension Granted But, Limited to 2021

A few weeks ago, this blogger explained here why the TRIPS Council must extend the least developing countries (LDCs) TRIPS Agreement compliance transition period for...

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The Proposed Kenya Association of Intellectual Property Professionals (KAIPP)

CIPIT is pleased to invite you all to a stakeholders meeting on the proposed creation of an Intellectual Property (IP) association for Practitioners in Kenya,...

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