Drones and the Law in Kenya
Recently, the Government through the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) issued the following circular “for information, guidance and necessary action”. The 2015 Circular reads in...
Read MoreHow African Countries Scored on the Digital Evolution Index 2015
The Digital Evolution Index (DEI) was developed by The Fletcher School at Tufts University in collaboration with MasterCard and DataCash. The aim of the Index...
Read More#CAExp: Communications Authority of Kenya Sets Record Straight on #DigitalMigration
Since our last update on #DigitalMigration here, the so-called “Analogue 3” namely Nation Media Group, Royal Media Services and Standard Group have pulled their television...
Read More#iFreeKE: State of Social Media Freedom in Kenya
This year, Kenya joined the rest of the world to mark #InternetFreedomDay amidst increased cases of criminal prosecutions and civil litigation against social media users...
Read MoreJanuary 2015: Social Media & IP Month in Review
This past month, most of the main intellectual property (IP) stories making news happened to have a corresponding twitter hashtag. As an enthusiast of both...
Read MoreKonza or Bust: Intellectual Property and Africa's Silicon Savannah
A few weeks ago, the President Mwai Kibaki launched a KES 900 Billion ($14.5bn) project to build a new technology city: Konza, intended to be...
Read MoreGood 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...
Read MoreDatabase 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
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