Blogging and censorship
As defined in our earlier post, blogging is part of web content that allows people to create their own content and interact with content from others. Censorship places limits on the ideas that can be shared as part of that…
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New Peer-Reviewed Article: CIPIT Makes Case for Substantive Examination of Utility Model Applications
Dr. Isaac Rutenberg (CIPIT Director) and Ms. Lillian Makanga (CIPIT Researcher) have co-authored a new peer-reviewed article titled: “Utility model protection in Kenya: The case for...
Read MoreWhat is a Tech Hub, Anyway? – A New Perspective
Towards the end of 2016, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited tech hubs in Kenya and Nigeria during his first trip to Africa and...
Read MoreTowards a Tripartite Free Trade Area Protocol on Intellectual Property
On 10 June 2015, the Agreement establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) was signed in Egypt bringing together 26 African countries from three major...
Read MoreHigh Court Intervenes in Revenge Porn Case of Miss World Kenya against Pageant Organisers and Ex-Boyfriend
In a recent judgment in the case of Roshanara Ebrahim v Ashleys Kenya Limited & 3 others [2016] eKLR, the High Court considered a petition...
Read MoreBalancing Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Landmark Decision by Supreme Court of Kenya on Copyright
In 2013, three local free-to-air (FTA) broadcasters filed a suit at the High Court of Kenya claiming that certain digital broadcasters were illegally re-broadcasting their...
Read MoreHighlights: 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 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...
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