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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By Perpetua Mwangi During this year’s World Intellectual Property (IP) Day celebrations, a question arose whether the use of a few lines from Kenya’s National...
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By Perpetua Mwangi The world dedicates 26th April every year as a day to celebrate intellectual property (IP) in a bid to increase its general...
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By Perpetua Mwangi ‘Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and...
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As many may already know, every April 26 Kenya joins the rest of the globe to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day as a means of...
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By Wanjiku Karanja Equity Bank’s plan to launch mobile phone services though “Thin SIM technology” was blocked by the High Court on the 18th of...
Read MoreLegality of the “Nanny Camera” in Prevention and Detection of Child Abuse
by Wanjiku Karanja A legitimate concern for working parents is the safety of their child at the hands of their caregiver, while the parents are...
Read MoreMarch 2015: Intellectual Property Month in Review
This past month, there have been several interesting intellectual property (IP) law related developments from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and African Regional Intellectual...
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