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 ...
May 18, 2023 Access to Knowledge Intellectual Property 0 comments by Doreen Abiero Celebrating World IP Day: Promoting Access to Knowledge and the Right to Research Seminar Celebrating World IP Day: Promoting Access to Knowledge and the April 26th marks World Intellectual Property (IP) Day – an ...
April 6, 2023 Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Joshua Kitili Celebrating World IP Day 2023: Case of Taita Taveta Basket Weavers The Intellectual Property (IP) world comes together every April 26th to celebrate world intellectual property day and consider how IP ...
March 6, 2023 Copyright Intellectual Property IPRs Trademark 0 comments by Joshua Kitili Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Recordation of Pharmaceuticals: The Underlying Trademark Issues The Anti-counterfeit Authority (ACA) announced, through Public Notice No.1/2022, the commencement of the implementation of the recordation of Intellectual Property ...
February 7, 2023 Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Cynthia Nzuki CIPIT PARTICIPATES IN THE RIGHT TO RESEARCH IN AFRICA CONFERENCE: A WEEK OF DEBATES ON COPYRIGHT AND ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE Earlier this year, CIPIT traveled to South Africa to participate in and attend a Conference dubbed “A Right to Research ...
December 5, 2022 Copyright Intellectual Property 0 comments by Larry Chula Copyright Infringement and Social Media Influencing: The Wakadinali Dilemma Copyright infringement has once again become an issue of concern in the Kenyan music industry. Recently, Wakadinali, a Kenyan music ...