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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Patent Law Issues under Debate at the International Level
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) was established in 1998 as a Member States’ committee (IGOs and...
Read MoreKenya's Patent Wars: Sanitam Services vs Everyone
“The [matter] before us focuses on a branch of law which has scanty litigation and therefore minimal jurisprudential corpus in this country, but which has...
Read MorePublic Interest Principles For International IP Negotiations
For some weeks, this blogger has been following with interest various opinions on the wiki-leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) document. The blogger whose interest largely...
Read More#TellACABoss Online Debate: Balancing Protection of Public Health and Intellectual Property in Kenya
This blogger has inadvertently stirred a heated debate on social media involving health activists who are actively engaging the government to review Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Act....
Read MoreAnnouncement: Patent Drafting Course from 12 – 15 August 2013
Kenya Industrial Property Institute in collaboration with CIPIT will hold a training course on drafting and prosecuting patent applications from 12th -15th August 2013 at...
Read MoreThe future of IP policy in developing countries: The impact of Patricia and Norvatis decisions
Two major events that have taken place in a span of two years will radically transform the future of intellectual Property (IP) policies especially in...
Read MoreGood Reads: Weekly Review of Intellectual Property News from Africa and Beyond
So long, first week of September! Here are some of the cool reads we’ve collected over the past seven days. IP and related stories...
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