How Laughter Works: XYZ Show, Parody and Intellectual Property Rights in the Constitutional Era
A society that takes itself too seriously risks bottling up its tensions and treating every example of irreverence as a threat to its existence. Humour...
Read MoreAccess to Medicines in the Developing World: No to Evergreening in Novartis Case and No to Patent Linkage in Patricia Asero Case
As part of the World IP Day 2013 activities in Kenya, CIPIT will host a special intellectual property (IP) debate organised by the Aids Law...
Read MoreL'Oréal Acquires Nice & Lovely Trademarks in Multi-Billion Shilling Deal
Media reports (here, here and here) indicate that the world’s largest multinational cosmetics company L’Oréal has acquired Kenya’s Interconsumer Products Ltd’s flagship Nice & Lovely...
Read MoreSeeds of Discord: SADC Draft Protocol for the Protection of New Plant Varieties
Plant Breeders rights became an accepted branch of intellectual property with the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants...
Read MoreIntellectual Property and Outdoor Advertising in Kenya
Businesses often spend much time and money to create a successful advertising campaign. It is important to protect your intellectual property (IP) assets, so that...
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 MoreAn Intellectual Property Perspective of Kenya's 2013 General Elections
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsyvWZ1Owjg] At about 14h42 local time on March 9th 2013, the Chairperson of the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared that Uhuru Muigai...
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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