Highlights: State of Internet in Kenya Report 2016
This month, Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) launched its report “the State of the Internet in Kenya 2016”. The report was launched under its “iFreedoms...
Read MoreAsking the Right Questions: Comment on Kenyan Message to WIPO Inventors Assistance Program by IP Watch
In a recent article by IP Watch titled: “Message To WIPO: Here’s The Assistance We African Inventors Really Need”, a selection of local inventors in...
Read MoreNegative Intellectual Property Spaces: The Case of the “TV Format”
By Wanjiku Karanja** Intellectual Property (IP) scholars Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman coined the term “Intellectual Property’s Negative Space” as encompassing any “substantial area of...
Read MoreBook Review: “Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness” by Nathaniel Tkacz
By Wanjiku Karanja** The Internet, as a ubiquitous platform, was founded on the principles of openness, participation and collaborative development. ‘Openness’ in this context refers...
Read MoreEnacting a Performers Protection Act in Kenya: Possible Solution in Post-Beijing Treaty Era
Image credit: Sessionville Following a previous blogpost here on the constitutionality of s30A of the Copyright Act and the role of CMOs, this blogger will...
Read MoreListening to the Skiza Tunes Millions: Section 30A of the Copyright Act Unconstitutional and Role of Collecting Societies
Image credit: YouTube Skiza or “sikiza” is the Kiswahili word for listen or pay attention. Skiza Tunes is a caller ring back tone service run...
Read MoreFacebook Posts Perceived as Inciteful Not Grounds for Termination of Employment: Court Judgment in Derick Okari v. KK Security Services
The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi recently delivered a judgment in the case of Derick Pius Kaunda Okari v Kenya Kazi Security Services...
Read MoreAdmissibility and Authentication of Electronic Evidence: High Court Ruling in Republic v Mark Lloyd Stephenson
“My understanding of this section [Section 78A of the Evidence Act] is that it makes explicit that electronic messages are admissible as evidence in Kenya...
Read MoreSocial Media, Freedom of Expression and Constitutionality of Telecommunications Law: Revisiting High Court Judgment in Geoffrey Andare v Attorney General & 2 others
Earlier this year, the High Court delivered an important judgment in the case of Geoffrey Andare v Attorney General & 2 others [2016] eKLR which...
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