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CIPIT Panel at Strathmore Annual Law Conference on Intellectual Property, Trade and Regional Integration in TFTA

The Strathmore Annual Law Conference (ALC) brings together lawyers, academics and decision makers for high level deliberations on topical legal and policy issues. The theme...

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Apply for the Open AIR QES Fellowship at Strathmore

The Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network has received funding from the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars Program (QES) to create...

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Launch of Master of Laws in Intellectual Property with CIPIT

Editor’s Note: In case you missed it, the full video of the Master of Laws (LLM) launch ceremeny at Strathmore Law School is available on...

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Is Kenya Ready for Unique Identifiers? Part I

By Francis Monyango It is reported that some 1.6 million students have registered to sit for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya...

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African Regional Intellectual Property Organization Redoubles Efforts on Copyright and Related Rights Agenda

‘In as much as some people might hold the view that copyright is the least important of intellectual property assets [sic], creative industries are at...

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Intellectual Property in Kenya: Protection of Social Media Platforms

This semester I spoke to the 3rd Year Strathmore Law Class on the topic of Social Media. Being an intellectual property law class, I divided...

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Proposed Domestication of Marrakesh Treaty in Kenya

The Government of the Republic of Kenya, on June 2, 2017, deposited with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) its instrument of ratification of the Marrakesh...

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Towards a Counterfeit-Free Kenya: Anti-Counterfeit Agency Bold New Roadmap – Part 2

The Anti-Counterfeit Act was assented to on December 24th 2008 and soon after the Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) was established with the mandate to administer anti-counterfeiting...

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Inside the CMO – PERAK – KAHC Tariff for Hotels, Bars and Restaurants: Part 2

The Copyright Act of 2001 is an Act of Parliament to make provision for copyright in literary, musical and artistic works, audio-visual works, sound recordings,...

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