Posts Tagged: CIPIT Insights

Insights, analysis, and commentary on intellectual property, information technology law, and digital policy in Africa, filtered by the topic "CIPIT Insights".


Use of Skin SIM Technology and Data Privacy in Kenya

Following our previous update on the Thin Sim debate in Kenya, the High Court made its ruling in the case of Legal Advice Centre aka...

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Jurisprudence on Defamation on Social Media in Africa

In a South African case reported as Isparta v Richter 2013 6 SA 4529 (GP) the plaintiff instituted an action for defamation against the defendants...

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Intellectual Property Rights: the Key to Supporting Economic Growth? – A Different View

As African nations transition from resource to innovation-led knowledge economies it is critically important to raise awareness of the positive impact of IP and in...

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Oh, the Irony: Using Copyright to Take Down CopyrightX Lecture on Copyright

To My CopyrightX Class, You will recall that only a few hours ago today, we covered the CopyrightX Week 3 Lectures on The Subject Matter...

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Hashtags will not release our bloggers, knowledge of the law will!

‘Freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think are means indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth’ Justice Louis...

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Music, Money and Middle Men: Changing Dynamics between Collecting Societies, Rights Holders and the Public

Disclosure: Back in the day when this blogger was young and naive, he worked both at Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) and Music Copyright Society of Kenya...

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Social Media, Free Speech and Criminal Justice: High Court Ruling in Mutahi Ngunyi v Director of Public Prosecutions & 4 Ors

  On January 16th 2016, popular social media-savvy journalist Larry Madowo posted the tweet captioned above in reference to a list of alleged corrupt public officials...

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You Will Need a License to Sell Stuff on Whatsapp: Thoughts on the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2016 by Communications Authority

Late last year, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) published six Draft Kenya Information and Communications Regulations inviting stakeholders and members of the public to...

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State Surveillance, Mixed Signals and Seven Years in Jail: Thoughts on Cybersecurity Regulations 2016 by Communications Authority

Late last year, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) published six Draft Kenya Information and Communications Regulations inviting stakeholders and members of the public to...

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