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Weekly Review of Intellectual Property News from Africa and Beyond

– “I’m with MCSK on this one, DJs need to pay to play” [Sunday Nation] – “To Pay or not to Play?: The Role of...

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Supporting Local Innovation while Protecting Intellectual Property in Tech: A Kenyan Perspective

Carole Theuri, in her maiden appearance on the CIPIT blog, speaks candidly about how tech manufacturers ought to engage with emerging economies especially where intellectual...

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Weekly Review of Intellectual Property News from Africa and Beyond

Our recap of the past seven days starts on several joyous notes. Firstly, Barry’s back in the White House for another term as the IP-friendly...

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Strathmore University Makes History at Launch of Creative Commons Kenya

Today, the Strathmore Business School played host to a historic Creative Commons (CC) Meeting in Nairobi whose main objective was to formally launch the Creative...

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Kenya's M-Pesa Success Lies Not With Invention Credit But Exemplary Branding

@bankelele @iddsalim @mediamk @terryannechebet Original team was Nick Hughes and me. I came up with concept and architecture. — Paul Makin (@paul_makin_me) October 28, 2012...

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Weekly Review of Intellectual Property News from Africa and Beyond

This week marked the launch of CIPIT’s official website: www.cipit.org. This is a groundbreaking achievement both in Kenya and throughout Africa. With the exception of...

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Strathmore University’s CIPIT Launches First Ever Law Research Centre Online

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website, available at: www.cipit.org Notable features on the website include full-length videos and downloadable slides...

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Should Colour be Registrable as a Trademark in Kenya?

It is said that if you see a woman wearing the shoes pictured above, three things can be deduced. One, she spent an arm and...

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Good Reads: Weekly Review of Intellectual Property News from Africa and Beyond

So long, first week of September! Here are some of the cool reads we’ve collected over the past seven days.   IP and related stories...

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