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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 a leg (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 from around Africa: –…
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Database Protection and the Limits of Copyright: Lessons from South Africa
In a recent decision by the South African High Court in Board of Healthcare Funders v Discovery Health Medical Scheme and Others [2012], Discovery Health South Africa was…
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Sour Grapes: South African Plant Breeders' Rights Licensee Shows True Colours
Summary: In a judgment delivered on 23 August 2012 by Judge Griesel (Fortuin & Samela JJ concurring), the High Court of South Africa in the case of Voor-Groenberg…
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The Aftermath of Apple vs Samsung: A Different Perspective
On Friday last week, a nine member Jury in the US has awarded Apple $1.05 billion in a landmark patent infringement suit against Samsung. The jury was unanimous…
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#POWOAug2012 Recap: Protecting Your Work Online in Kenya
Victor (@IPKenya) recently took part in a training session (#POWOAug2012) organised by a network of creatives – “Poets and Writers Online” (POWO) and he shares his thoughts, views…
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Should Kenya Allow Software Patents?
“anything under the sun that is made by man [is patentable]” – US Supreme Court in the case of Diamond v. Chakrabarty 447 US 303 (1980) “From where…
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Recap: CIPIT's Inaugural Event #CIPITConf on Computer Software – To Patent or not to Patent?
Today marks the end of a two day conference organised by CIPIT to officially announce its arrival to the world. The theme of this inaugural event was: “To…