Uganda’s 2025 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill: A Turning Point for Creators’ Rights?
Introduction On 13 May 2025, the Parliament of Uganda conducted the first reading of the 2025 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill,1 (hereinafter the Amendment Bill) which proposes reforms aimed at domesticating international treaties such as the Berne Convention for…
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Copyright in Kenya: Commentary on the Copyright Amendment Act 2019
By Caroline Wanjiru This post forms part 2 of our series on the Intellectual Property considerations in the Copyright Amendment Act. The IT considerations, focusing...
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By Caroline Wanjiru This post forms part one of a two part series focused on the Intellectual Property considerations in the Copyright Amendment Act. The...
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By Jentrix Wanyama* When the French government purchased the first photography patent, photography was declared ‘a gift to free the word’. These words would turn...
Read MoreAfrican Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore: Rethinking Swakopmund Protocol as a Model Law and Sui Generis System
By Michael Biko Butera* Introduction Traditional Knowledge (TK) is any knowledge originating from a local or traditional community that is the result of intellectual activity...
Read More#UBUNIFU – CIPIT PANEL ON THE STRATHMORE LAW CLINIC UBUNIFU INITIATIVE (PART TWO)
By Caroline Wanjiru and Cynthia Nzuki. As highlighted in our previous post (here), the Strathmore Law Clinic (website here) began an initiative known as the...
Read MoreState Intervention on the Collective Management Organisations (CMO's) in Kenya: A Commentary on the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2018
By Caroline Wanjiru. In our previous post, we addressed the law as is on Collective Management Organisations (CMO’s). Now we’ll analyze the proposed amendments to...
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By Cynthia Nzuki and Jaaziyah Satar* The Strathmore Law Clinic kick-started an initiative known as the Ubunifu Initiative. This initiative is a project of the...
Read MoreRegulation of Collective Management Organisations in Kenya: Understanding the Law as-is
By Caroline Wanjiru* From our previous post, we have described the various Collective Management Organizations’ (CMO’s) in Kenya. Briefly, CMOs are not-for-profit membership entities authorized...
Read MoreThe Collective Management Organisations in Kenya’s Creative Market
Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com licensed by CC 3.0 BY As part of CIPIT’s daily interactions with creatives, the Centre is embarking on an...
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