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What Does a Data Protection Law Mean for the B2C Relationship? Exploring a possible Life-Cyle.

Data protection is definitely in vogue in Africa. This may be a response to the economic potential of having robust data protection safeguards, and the...

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From Fiction to Reality: A Take on AI

Guest Post by Tevin Gitonga Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the effort to create computers capable of intelligent behavior. It can be classified into two types...

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The Impact of Technology on Our Society's Health

Guest post by Patrick Bailey Governments have done a modest job at ensuring modern technology is applied to making the physical world a safer place....

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Fakes and Pirates Online: Is it an Unregulated Space in Kenya?

Kenya continues to witness a steady exponential growth of internet access. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), in its Third Quarter Sector Statistics Report for...

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IP Assets in the Digital Environment: Three Kenyan Cases

Introduction This brief considers three instances in which social media has proved an important arena for the creation and dissemination of the value embedded in...

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Materiality: A possible hindrance to enforcing misleading representations in social media advertising in Kenya.

Introduction Influencers endorsing brands and advertisement is the new normal. In their practice, influencers are able to build direct relationships with their key consumers and...

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PROTECT AND COMMERCIALIZE YOUR KNOW-HOW

by Chebet Koros A tech invention may be protected through a patent, trade secret or know-how. In most cases, this innovation is first kept a...

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CIPIT Hosts Novel Moot Court Competition on IT Law in East Africa

CIPIT’s bi-annual moot competition aims to be innovative and to attract teams from across East Africa, and the 2018 edition was no exception. This year’s...

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Developing a Career in Intellectual Property & IT Law

Guest post by Lucy Wyndham As the global digital sphere expands, so too do intellectual property infractions. Brand power is more accentuated than ever, leading...

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