March 27, 2024 Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Natasha Karanja Is Litigation a Rational Cost? Assessing ADR as an appropriate means of addressing Copyright Infringement Cases Introduction Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) derive their value from the ability to enforce them.1 Thus, IPRs have been safeguarded through ...
February 19, 2024 Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Calvin Mulindwa Copyright in the lens of Caller Ring Back Tones: An Analysis of Garfield Spencer v Airtel Uganda and 2 others In today’s digital age, when you call someone instead of the usual ringing tone, you may hear a personalised audio. ...
February 14, 2024 Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Cynthia Nzuki MICKEY MOUSE AND MINNIE MOUSE NO LONGER BELONG TO DISNEY: UNDERSTANDING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN When the clock hit midnight on New Year’s Eve, January 1st, 2024, the copyright protection on several creative works expired.1 ...
January 31, 2024 Intellectual Property Patent 0 comments by Calvin Mulindwa Unmasking Evergreening: Navigating the Pharmaceutical Labyrinth In the intricate landscape of pharmaceuticals, a term known as “evergreening” looms large. Evergreening is when patent owners stretch their ...
November 21, 2023 Copyright Intellectual Property Trademark 0 comments by Joshua Kitili ‘Mambo Ni Matatu’ Trademark Application: An Intellectual Property Perspective On 26 June 2023, the Registrar of trademarks determined a case that challenged the registration of a trademark and shed ...
November 8, 2023 Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Dan Allan Kipkoech Kenya’s Blank Tape Levy: A New Era of Compensating Creativity? Introduction On 11th September 2023, the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO), a state corporation effected the Blank Tape Levy.1 The collections ...
September 20, 2023 Copyright Intellectual Property Trademark 0 comments by Joshua Kitili A Case for Geographical Indication? An overview of the Tinderet Case On 26 June 2023, the Registrar of trademarks determined a case that challenged the registration of a trademark and shed ...
September 20, 2023 Artificial Intelligence Intellectual Property 0 comments by Cherry Makena Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence: Proving & Disproving Chat GPT Authorship INTRODUCTION Picture a lecturer, plagued by suspicion and casting a wary gaze upon student essays he suspects were written by ...
July 25, 2023 Artificial Intelligence Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Robi Mwita The Copyright Conundrum: AI-Generated Works and the Question of Authorship ‘The Matrix’ ‘I, Robots’ and ‘Space Odyssey’ are films that depict a world where Artificial Intelligence (AI) attempts to wipe ...
June 7, 2023 Artificial Intelligence Intellectual Property 0 comments by Cherry Makena Intellectual Property & Artificial Intelligence: Chat GPT – A Battle Against Plagiarism in the Realm of Academic Essays If Roberto Nevelis, the alleged mastermind behind homework1, were alive today, he would have been dismayed by the revolutionary transformation ...