Uganda’s 2025 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill: A Turning Point for Creators’ Rights?
October 3, 2025
Introduction On 13 May 2025, the Parliament of Uganda conducted the first reading of the 2025 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights…
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Balancing Broadcasters’ Copyright and Public Interests – Assessing Kenya’s Position on the Draft WIPO Broadcasting Organization Treaty
July 31, 2025
Introduction For over two decades, the Draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty has been under development,1 aiming to give broadcasters updated signal-based…
Ksh. 1.5 Million in Damages: Copyright Infringement and the Church – The Case of Wanjiku v CITAM & Another
July 15, 2025
In the recently decided case of Wanjiku v Christ is the Answer Ministries (CITAM) & another [2025], the High Court…
Whose Words, Whose Rights? Rethinking CC Licensing in African Language Data Sets.
July 11, 2025
The rapid advancement of AI has turned nearly all content into potential training data. This continued evolution signifies a shift…
IP and Music in Kenya – How Royalties Battles and Artists Are Shaping Kenya’s Creative Economy
May 27, 2025
Since June 2024, Kenya’s creative industry has been characterized by legal back and forth between Kenyan collective management organizations (CMOs)…
COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS IN KENYA: WILL THE LICENSED CMO PLEASE STAND UP?
April 24, 2025
Introduction Recently, the state and situation surrounding the licensing and recognition of Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) in Kenya has been…
Celebrating World IP Day 2024: Kenya’s Odyssey Towards Achieving SDG Goal 9
April 22, 2024
Introduction In the year 2000, the World Intellectual Property Organization established the World IP Day and set it as an…
Navigating the AI Storm: New York Times vs. Microsoft & OpenAI – The Inevitable Clash of Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
April 5, 2024
Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the recent clash between The New York Times and tech giants…
Is Litigation a Rational Cost? Assessing ADR as an appropriate means of addressing Copyright Infringement Cases
March 27, 2024
Introduction Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) derive their value from the ability to enforce them.1 Thus, IPRs have been safeguarded through…
Copyright in the lens of Caller Ring Back Tones: An Analysis of Garfield Spencer v Airtel Uganda and 2 others
February 19, 2024
In today’s digital age, when you call someone instead of the usual ringing tone, you may hear a personalised audio.…