Anton Piller Orders Issued Against Major Broadcasters for Intellectual Property Rights Breach
BREAKING: @PoliceKE in the company of @theMCSK raids @onefmke for copyright infringement in their broadcasting operations! — Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) (@TheMCSK) January...
Read MoreContent Licensing Requires Salesmanship: Lessons from the Banned "Wolf of Wall Street"
One of the most talked about stories in the month of January was the decision by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) to ban the...
Read MoreVictory for Synchronisation Rights in Kenya: John Katana v. Royal Media Services
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7EQKJ_2L-4] IP Kenya has learned that John Katana, renowned musician and founder member of the legendary Kenyan band, “Them Mushrooms”, has obtained judgment in the...
Read MoreComparing Apples and Oranges: Faulu Kenya on Shaky Ground in Intellectual Property Suit Against Safaricom
It was naive of the Plaintiff [Faulu Kenya] to suggest that it was the only entity to recognise the potential of the mobile phone platform...
Read MoreJB Maina, M-Shwari Updates: Safaricom's Copyright Battles Continue
As many may already know, Safaricom, the largest mobile telecommunications company in Kenya is currently embroiled in a handful of intellectual property (read: copyright) law...
Read MoreLessons from MCSN – NCC Saga in Nigeria: Can Music Copyright Society of Kenya Administer Rights Without Government License?
…there has been a bickering and attendant judicial skirmish over who is the sole Collector in Nigeria, at the time of penning this piece, the...
Read MoreKenya Introduces Alternative Licensing Regime For Use of Copyrighted Music in Public Places
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__nlw1GONgQ] A collecting society like the Music Copyright Society of Kenya has three main sources of revenue: license fees, surcharge and membership registration fees....
Read MoreQOTD: Corporate Authorship and Duration of Copyright in Kenya
Today’s Question of the Day (QOTD) is on the duration of copyright where the author of the copyright work is a juristic person. Authorship is...
Read MoreZimbabwe: Constitutional Protection of Traditional Knowledge and the Robert Mugabe Fashion Brand
Recently, the people of Zimbabwe went to the polls in a referendum vote for the acceptance or rejection of a draft new Constitution to replace...
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