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Open AIR East Africa Inaugural Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Anthony Kakooza “Dealing with Trans-Border Quasi-Intellectual Property"

In October 2010, Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda recorded a rap song titled: “Do You Want Another Rap?” as part of his re-election campaign...

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Related Rights of Performers in Kenya: An Overview

Kenya Copyright Act and Regulations define “related rights” as “rights neighbouring on copyright”. There are three types of related rights holders namely, performers under sections...

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Innovation Prize Awards by African Innovation Foundation Celebrates 5th Anniversary

African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is a not-for-profit organization based in Zurich whose objectives cover a wide range of activities aimed at unlocking innovative potential in...

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WIPO Books for the Blind Treaty Membership Grows Across Africa

Tunisia is the most recent African nation to deposit its instrument of ratification to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons...

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PCT Reaches 150th Member as Djibouti Joins International Patent System

On June 23, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry received Djibouti’s instrument of accession to the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The accession document was hand-delivered...

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CIPIT Launches Trade Marks Database

Recently we launched our Trade Marks (TM) Database – a groundbreaking web-based portal for conducting free searches of recent trade mark applications advertised by Kenya Industrial Property Institute...

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CC Kenya Community Targets 200 New Members in One Year

Creative Commons (CC) is a US-based non-profit organization that has created a set of licenses that help content owners legally share their knowledge and creativity...

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Recap of the 13th WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property

I am beyond thankful for the scholarship opportunity that I received to participate in the 13th WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property held at...

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Recap of Strathmore Intellectual Property Moot Competition 2016

As readers know, we hosted the 2nd Biennial Strathmore Intellectual Property (IP) Moot Competition 2016 which took place between 8th and 9th July 2016 at...

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