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 ArticleSocial Media and Emerging Legal Issues – African Perspectives
For the past two years the topic of intellectual property (IP) issues in social media has been dear to this blogger. However it is clear...
Read MoreSocial Media and the Law of Defamation in Kenya: Some Lessons from South Africa
“In today’s world, the most effective, efficient and immediate way of conveying one’s ideas and thoughts is via the internet. At the same time the...
Read More“They Copied My Concept”: Ruling in Dedan Maina Warui & another v. Safaricom case
“It could be said that Copyright seeks to protect the author’s actual expression and not the ideas, and it does not therefore forbid independent creation....
Read MoreSocial Media and the Law of Succession: A Kenyan Scenario
This blogger recently came across a touching tribute (see here) to a fellow Kenyan blogger, Idd Salim, who passed away one year ago this month....
Read MoreHigh Court Indicts Kenya Copyright Board for Abuse of Court Process
“It is obvious to me that where the issue of copyright is contested, the Police, the DPP and the Copyright Board cannot convert themselves into...
Read MoreReply to CIO East Africa: How to Fact-Check Intellectual Property Articles
This blogger has come across a recent article by CIO East Africa titled “Weak IP laws hurting aspiring IT billionaires” written by one Alex Owiti....
Read MoreShamalla v KECOBO: Balancing the Protection of Intellectual Property and Environmental Rights
This blogger has come across a twitter exchange involving one Jennifer Shamalla and the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO). Screen shots of the exchange have been...
Read MoreBritish Photographer, Indonesian Macaque, American Website: Copyright Ownership Dispute Over Monkey Selfies
From the above clip of British wildlife photographer David J Slater, it is clear that Slater is strongly considering taking legal action against Wikimedia for...
Read MoreGwer v. KEMRI Case: Researchers Awarded 30 Million Shillings for Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights
In the recent case of Dr. Samson Gwer & 5 others v. Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) & 2 others Petition No. 21 of 2013,...
Read More