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 ArticleKonza or Bust: Intellectual Property and Africa's Silicon Savannah
A few weeks ago, the President Mwai Kibaki launched a KES 900 Billion ($14.5bn) project to build a new technology city: Konza, intended to be...
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This blogger, in an earlier post, had expressed optimism and hope in Mr. Justice JB Havelock’s ability to preside over this high-stakes intellectual property (IP)...
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CIPIT Director (@iruten) was driving along Argwings Kodhek Road in Nairobi and saw this very interesting sign near YaYa Centre. Look at it closer: The...
Read MoreParadoxes of Equality and Inequality: Multiple Exclusions in Intellectual Property Law and Practice
…To debunk the fallacies of equality does not depend as much on might or brute force as on subtle, seemingly miniscule but powerful actions taken...
Read MoreOpen Letter to PIIPA on Puzzling Pro-Bono Assistance Request
Dear PIIPA, We refer to your recent request for pro-bono assistance referenced as “Case 168 – Trademark Infringement in Kenya – Off-grid lighting product”. This...
Read MoreDoes Kenya Really Need a National Intellectual Property Policy?
Dir. Rutenberg is at stakeholders meeting for developing a national IP policy hosted by Ministry of Industrialization. — Strathmore CIPIT (@StrathCIPIT) September 24, 2012 Many...
Read MoreThe #GoogleAfrica Experience at Strathmore: Chairman Eric Schmidt on Education, Innovation and Technology
In a Strathmore University auditorium modestly filled with guests, students and staff, Dr. Eric Schmidt spoke for exactly 12 minutes. Many of those present may...
Read MoreShaping Africa's Intellectual Property Landscape One Blogpost At A Time
With a subscribed readership of 700 strong and 192 blogposts in 2012 alone, its not hard to see why the AfroIP blog has distinguished itself...
Read MoreInterpretation of Intellectual Property Rights in Kenya's Constitution: Lessons from Supreme Court Advisory Opinion on the One-Third Gender Rule
It is true the constitution will present the courts with inconsistencies, grey areas, contradictions, vagueness, bad grammar and syntax, legal jargon, all hallmarks of a...
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