Celebrating World IP Day 2024: Climate Change Innovations for a Sustainable Future
In an era marked by rapidly escalating climate crises, the urgent need for global action has never been more evident. Sustainable Development Goal 13(SDG 13) underscores the necessity for immediate and sustained action to mitigate the challenges posed by climate…
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Innovation in Kenya: Why Corporations in Kenya/ Kenyan Corporations Should Engage with the Patent System.
To anyone who has interacted with news of innovation levels in Kenya, this might come as a surprise since Kenya has been and continues to...
Read MoreOrigin of Man, Creation Theory and Patent Law in Kenya: What would it look like?
By Caroline Wanjiru Intellectual property is a product of human creativity. How ideas are expressed. But how far back can we trace creativity? It begun...
Read MoreThe Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure in Kenya
The focus of this blogpost is on the some of the issues arising around the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of...
Read MorePatent 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 MoreNew CIPIT Research: Do Patents, Utility Models Encourage Innovation in Kenya?
Dr. Isaac Rutenberg (CIPIT Director) and Ms. Jacquelene Mwangi (CIPIT Researcher) have co-authored a new peer-reviewed article titled: “Do patents and utility model certificates encourage...
Read MoreNew 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 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 MorePCT Reaches 150th Member as Djibouti Joins International Patent System
On June 23, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry received Djibouti’s instrument of accession to the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The accession document was hand-delivered...
Read MoreNew Developments under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) assists applicants in seeking patent protection internationally for their inventions, helps patent...
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