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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Patent Subject Matter Eligibility in Kenya: Forthcoming Research from CIPIT
On 9th February 1994, Kenya Industrial Property Office (now known as Kenya Industrial Property Institute – KIPI) granted the first Kenyan patent for a protein...
Read MoreTowards a Counterfeit-Free Kenya: Anti-Counterfeit Agency Bold New Roadmap – Part 1
The Anti-Counterfeit Act was assented to on December 24th 2008 and soon after the Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) was established with the mandate to administer anti-counterfeiting...
Read MoreInside the CMO – PERAK – KAHC Tariff for Hotels, Bars and Restaurants: Part 1
The Copyright Act of 2001 is an Act of Parliament to make provision for copyright in literary, musical and artistic works, audio-visual works, sound recordings,...
Read MoreA Review of the Communications Authority Guidelines for Dissemination of Political SMS Text Messages and Social Media Content
By Francis Monyango** In the run-up to the 2013 elections, Safaricom announced that it would control political messaging distributed via its network. This measure was...
Read MoreRecap: Day 2 of JKUAT Conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editor’s Note: For a recap of Day 1, please see here. The final day of the #JKUATLawIP conference was kicked off by Shirley Genga, a...
Read MoreRecap: Day 1 of JKUAT Conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Nestled in the leafy suburbs of Karen lies Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) School of Law on the outskirts of Nairobi. On...
Read MoreRenewing the Call for a National Intellectual Property Strategy in Kenya
In a recent article by Dr Isaac Rutenberg and yours truly published in the Journal of Culture, Arts and Performance (JAHAZI) here we look at...
Read MoreNew CIPIT Research: An Assessment of the Evolution of Kenya's ICT Law and Policy Framework
An article by CIPIT researchers Dr. Isaac Rutenberg, Douglas Gichuki and Arthur Gwagwa titled: “Historical Antecedents and Paradoxes that Shaped Kenya’s Contemporary Information and Communication...
Read MoreCopyright Board Obtains Court Order Stopping Music Society from Collecting Royalties
In earlier posts here and here, we explained how Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) appears to be engaged in an all-out war against Kenya...
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