Enacting 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...
Read MoreLions' Den Episode 4: "I hope you've patented it"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57noeif0c8A According to the Oxford Dictionary, a lion is a large powerful animal of the cat family, that hunts in groups and lives in parts...
Read MoreLions' Den Episode 3: No Sign of Intellectual Property Savvy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2gqJNSglF0 For the third week in a row, none of the entrepreneurs in the Lions’ Den has made any mention of intellectual property (IP) protection...
Read MoreLions' Den Episode 2: Mobile App, Helping Hands, Herbal Soap, Air Engines and Textiles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JJyi5OaVg Last week, we kicked off our Lions’ Den blog series by highlighting some of the practical applications of copyright, patent, trade mark and design...
Read MoreLions' Den Episode 1: Running Shoes, Comics, Mobile Tech, Eco-Friendly Crafts and Bananas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v9ZKZ14jQ8 In our last blogpost here, we announced the start of a new blog series that recaps each episode of the TV show Lions’ Den...
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