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2019 KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS: THE DATA PRIVACY PERSPECTIVE
By Jackie Akello and Jaaziyah Satar. Kenya is set to have its sixth census since independence beginning on the night of 24th August 2019. The 2019 census exercise…
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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 the Financial Year…
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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 intellectual property. The…
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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 edition was particularly…
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THE CIPIT MOOT 2018
The Matter of Mangala & WAP -vs- The Guacamole Republic of Avocado (GRA) As promised, here is the account of the recently concluded CIPIT ICT Moot. Held every…
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Experiences during the 2018 CIPIT Moot
By Kanyangi Esther Nyachia, Kanyangi Leah Aoko and Jackline Chepng'eno Sang.
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Celebrating Trailblazing Kenyan Women in Innovation and Creativity: World Intellectual Property Day 2018
The theme for this year’s World Intellectual Property (WIP) Day on 26 April is ‘Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity’. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization…
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Open AIR Researcher Presents at University of Cambridge Seminar Series on Open Intellectual Property Models
On 28 February 2018, the Centre for Research in Art, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge continued its seminar series on ‘Open Intellectual Property (IP)…
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Comments on Kenya Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017
The Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017 has undergone First Reading according to Parliamentary Standing Order 127 (3) and is currently committed to the Departmental Committee on Communications, Information…
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Comments on Draft Copyright Amendment Bill 2017
The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2017 is currently pending before Parliament (Committee stage). In the Bill, there are 13 areas of changes to the Copyright Act identified as follows:…