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…
Read Full ArticleVote for CIPIT in the Best Education Blog Category – 2015 Kenyan Blog Awards!
We are pleased to announce that this blog (Strathmore Law School’s CIPIT Law Blog) has been nominated in the Best Education Blog Category of the...
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After getting a close-up of the picture above, several thoughts come rushing to mind. The writing on this exhauster services tanker reads “Trade Mark (R)”...
Read MoreIPCheckin Inaugural 2015 Edition: Reflections of 2014
This blogger is pleased to learn that the monthly intellectual property (IP) discussion forum “IPCheckin” is back with its inaugural edition of 2015 graciously hosted...
Read More#iFreeKE: State of Social Media Freedom in Kenya
This year, Kenya joined the rest of the world to mark #InternetFreedomDay amidst increased cases of criminal prosecutions and civil litigation against social media users...
Read More#DigitalMigration Update: Post-Advert Action and Lingering Copyright Issues
In the January 2015 update on #DigitalMigration, we focused on a controversial television (TV) infomercial by Royal Media Services (RMS), Nation Media Group (NMG) and...
Read MoreLessons From First Ever United Nations Social Media Day – January 30, 2015
On January 30, 2015, the first ever UN Social Media Day (#SocialUN) was held at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York. The Panel...
Read MoreJanuary 2015: Social Media & IP Month in Review
This past month, most of the main intellectual property (IP) stories making news happened to have a corresponding twitter hashtag. As an enthusiast of both...
Read MoreSocial Media in the Public Service: Can Public Officers Express Personal Opinions Online?
The answer to this question is simply: it depends. A good way to unpack this question is to use a live example, say one Dennis...
Read MoreSocial Media and National Security: Impact of High Court Ruling in CORD v. Republic of Kenya Case
“…It is only those provisions which disclose a danger to life and limb or imminent danger to the Bill of Rights at that very moment...
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