Of Death and Registration: Rethinking Corporate Authorship in Copyright In Light of Emerging Jurisprudence on Corporate Citizenship in Kenya
In an earlier post, this blogger asked the question: what is the duration of copyright where the owner of the copyright work is a juristic...
Read MoreWhy extending the LDC’s TRIPs transition period is inevitable
The US and the European Union have lost the war. They cannot stand against the army of supporters backing the least developing countries (LDCs) to...
Read MoreIn Support of An Intellectual Property Association of Kenya
It was in response to Isaac’s post on Afro-IP that this blogger put forth the idea of setting up a bona fide association for intellectual...
Read MoreThe Maasai Intellectual Property Initiative: Why Should Others Do Pro-Bono IP Work For Kenya?
In a recent media report titled: “Maasai elders swap Kenya for Holborn Viaduct”, the global law firm Hogan Lovells has reportedly invited Maasai elders to...
Read MoreLessons from MCSN – NCC Saga in Nigeria: Can Music Copyright Society of Kenya Administer Rights Without Government License?
…there has been a bickering and attendant judicial skirmish over who is the sole Collector in Nigeria, at the time of penning this piece, the...
Read MoreThe future of IP policy in developing countries: The impact of Patricia and Norvatis decisions
Two major events that have taken place in a span of two years will radically transform the future of intellectual Property (IP) policies especially in...
Read MoreHow Laughter Works: XYZ Show, Parody and Intellectual Property Rights in the Constitutional Era
A society that takes itself too seriously risks bottling up its tensions and treating every example of irreverence as a threat to its existence. Humour...
Read MoreAccess to Medicines in the Developing World: No to Evergreening in Novartis Case and No to Patent Linkage in Patricia Asero Case
As part of the World IP Day 2013 activities in Kenya, CIPIT will host a special intellectual property (IP) debate organised by the Aids Law...
Read MoreL'Oréal Acquires Nice & Lovely Trademarks in Multi-Billion Shilling Deal
Media reports (here, here and here) indicate that the world’s largest multinational cosmetics company L’Oréal has acquired Kenya’s Interconsumer Products Ltd’s flagship Nice & Lovely...
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