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Lions' Den Episode 4: "I hope you've patented it"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57noeif0c8A According to the Oxford Dictionary, a lion is a large powerful animal of the cat family, that hunts in groups and lives in parts...

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Lions' Den Episode 3: No Sign of Intellectual Property Savvy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2gqJNSglF0 For the third week in a row, none of the entrepreneurs in the Lions’ Den has made any mention of intellectual property (IP) protection...

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Lions' Den Episode 2: Mobile App, Helping Hands, Herbal Soap, Air Engines and Textiles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JJyi5OaVg Last week, we kicked off our Lions’ Den blog series by highlighting some of the practical applications of copyright, patent, trade mark and design...

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Lions' Den Episode 1: Running Shoes, Comics, Mobile Tech, Eco-Friendly Crafts and Bananas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v9ZKZ14jQ8 In our last blogpost here, we announced the start of a new blog series that recaps each episode of the TV show Lions’ Den...

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2nd OpenAIR East Africa Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Henry Mutai “Intellectual Property Rights Promotion and Protection under the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA): Proposals for an Intellectual Property Protocol”

What is the relationship between regional integration and promotion of intellectual property rights? What intellectual property conflicts, if any, arise when regional economic bodies come...

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Introducing our Lions' Den Blog Series: Intellectual Property Lessons for Startups

This month, Kenya’s version of the successful business reality television (TV) shows Shark Tank and Dragons’ Den will premiere on national TV. Lions’ Den will feature a...

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WIPO Negotiations on Framework for Protection of Traditional Knowledge Resumes

In September 2016, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) held its 31st...

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African States Urged to Ratify and Domesticate #MarrakeshTreaty

On September 30, 2016 the Marrakesh Treaty — the international agreement to improve access to copyrighted works for the blind and visually impaired — enters...

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#CopyrightKE: KECOBO-CIPIT Forum on Copyright for Bloggers in Kenya

On Thursday 29th September, the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) and CIPIT were hosted by the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) at the Nailab to speak...

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