Recap: Day 2 of JKUAT Conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editor’s Note: For a recap of Day 1, please see here. The final day of the #JKUATLawIP conference was kicked off by Shirley Genga, a...
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Nestled in the leafy suburbs of Karen lies Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) School of Law on the outskirts of Nairobi. On...
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In a recent article by Dr Isaac Rutenberg and yours truly published in the Journal of Culture, Arts and Performance (JAHAZI) here we look at...
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In an earlier post here, a fellow blogger opined that the Movable Property Security Rights Bill, 2016 would herald a new dawn of intellectual property...
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The Attorney General has approved and gazetted new tariffs for collective management organisations (CMOs) in the music industry which will be valid from April 2017...
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In a recently reported judgment of the Court of Appeal in the case of Kenya Commercial Bank Limited v Kenya Revenue Authority [2016] eKLR, the...
Read MoreThoughts on an Innovation Exchange Portal for Kenya
Over the years, this blogger has been interested in finding ways to facilitate the free flow of relevant and useful information among the various players in...
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A recent piece published in a local newspaper reads: “Let IP theft fall under law of unfair trade practices”. In this piece, the author contends...
Read MoreIrony: Lack of Creativity and Innovation in Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day
The World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) is celebrated by Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on every 26th of April. This coincides...
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