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Seeds of Discord: SADC Draft Protocol for the Protection of New Plant Varieties

Plant Breeders rights became an accepted branch of intellectual property with the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants...

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Intellectual Property and Outdoor Advertising in Kenya

Businesses often spend much time and money to create a successful advertising campaign. It is important to protect your intellectual property (IP) assets, so that...

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Kenya Introduces Alternative Licensing Regime For Use of Copyrighted Music in Public Places

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__nlw1GONgQ]   A collecting society like the Music Copyright Society of Kenya has three main sources of revenue: license fees, surcharge and membership registration fees....

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QOTD: Corporate Authorship and Duration of Copyright in Kenya

Today’s Question of the Day (QOTD) is on the duration of copyright where the author of the copyright work is a juristic person. Authorship is...

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An Intellectual Property Perspective of Kenya's 2013 General Elections

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsyvWZ1Owjg]   At about 14h42 local time on March 9th 2013, the Chairperson of the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared that Uhuru Muigai...

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Zimbabwe: Constitutional Protection of Traditional Knowledge and the Robert Mugabe Fashion Brand

Recently, the people of Zimbabwe went to the polls in a referendum vote for the acceptance or rejection of a draft new Constitution to replace...

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Technology Transfer and Third World Development

Guest article by Jerry Omulo, omulojerry@yahoo.com Technology transfer is crucial, critical and necessary for 3rd world development, without which it would be difficult to transfer...

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The Role of Intellectual Property in Third Word Universities

Guest article by Jerry Omulo, omulojerry@yahoo.com Intellectual Property (IP) commercialisation is undoubtedly the next economic driver globally. IP management is therefore important to all source...

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Uganda Performing Rights Society vs MTN: Importance of Evidence in Copyright Litigation

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8g9sjYnSwU]   This blogger has recently had occasion to revisit the judgment in the case of Uganda Performing Rights Society v. MTN (U) Ltd, Civil...

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