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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Carole Theuri, in her maiden appearance on the CIPIT blog, speaks candidly about how tech manufacturers ought to engage with emerging economies especially where intellectual...
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Our recap of the past seven days starts on several joyous notes. Firstly, Barry’s back in the White House for another term as the IP-friendly...
Read MoreStrathmore University Makes History at Launch of Creative Commons Kenya
Today, the Strathmore Business School played host to a historic Creative Commons (CC) Meeting in Nairobi whose main objective was to formally launch the Creative...
Read MoreKenya's M-Pesa Success Lies Not With Invention Credit But Exemplary Branding
@bankelele @iddsalim @mediamk @terryannechebet Original team was Nick Hughes and me. I came up with concept and architecture. — Paul Makin (@paul_makin_me) October 28, 2012...
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This week marked the launch of CIPIT’s official website: www.cipit.org. This is a groundbreaking achievement both in Kenya and throughout Africa. With the exception of...
Read MoreStrathmore University’s CIPIT Launches First Ever Law Research Centre Online
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website, available at: www.cipit.org Notable features on the website include full-length videos and downloadable slides...
Read MoreShould Colour be Registrable as a Trademark in Kenya?
It is said that if you see a woman wearing the shoes pictured above, three things can be deduced. One, she spent an arm and...
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...
Read MoreDatabase Protection and the Limits of Copyright: Lessons from South Africa
In a recent decision by the South African High Court in Board of Healthcare Funders v Discovery Health Medical Scheme and Others [2012], Discovery Health...
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