Interconsumer Products Ltd V Nice & Soft (2003) Ltd (Misc. Appl. No 256 Of 2011) [2011] UGCommC 104 In a recent matter before seasoned IP judge Justice Christopher Madrama sitting in the Commercial Division of the High Court of Uganda at Kampala, Interconsumer Products Ltd. (the applicant) applied for a temporary injunction to restrain the … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Intellectual Property in Kenya / International Intellectual Property / Patents / World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO
World Intellectual Property Report 2011: Status of Innovation in Africa
WIPO has just launched the 2011 World Intellectual Property Report titled: “The Changing Face of Innovation”, the electronic version is available here. Although this Report admits that measuring innovation remains challenging, the following points/observations were noted by IPKenya: 1. Harnessing public research for innovation: Universities and Public Research Organisations (PROs) play a key role in … Continue reading »
Anti-Counterfeit / Copyright / Intellectual Property in Kenya / Kenya Copyright Board KeCoBo / Kenya Industrial Property Institute KIPI / Patents / Trade marks
WIPO Lex Profile for Kenya 2011 – Suggested Updates
IPKenya took time out to visit WIPO Lex, WIPO’s legal database for IP laws and treaties, which features the full texts of all member countries’ principal and subsidiary legislation that make up the countries’ IP legal framework. Currently, the WIPO Lex Country Profile for Kenya only reflects 11 legal texts. However, the following pieces of … Continue reading »
Collective Rights Management / Copyright / Intellectual Property in Kenya / IP News / Kenya Association of Music Producers KAMP / Kenya Copyright Board KeCoBo / Music Copyright Society of Kenya MCSK / Performers' Rights Society of Kenya PRISK
Broadcast Licensing Dispute Bad News for Copyright
The Daily Nation reports that the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is adamant that come Tuesday 15th November (tomorrow), any of the 26 broadcasters that will not have applied and paid for new licenses will lose their frequencies. The various media owners under the umbrella of the Media Owners Association have rushed this afternoon to … Continue reading »
Copyright / Intellectual Property in Kenya / International Intellectual Property / IP Enforcement / IP News / IP Policy / Kenya Association of Music Producers KAMP / Kenya Copyright Board KeCoBo / Performers' Rights Society of Kenya PRISK / Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions / World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO
Latest Kenya Copyright Newsletter Now Available Online
KeCoBo’s quarterly publication “Copyright News” has just been uploaded onto it’s website here and is available for viewing and downloading as a .pdf file. The theme of this newsletter is piracy, but KeCoBo has also included several articles on other topical issues such as the ever popular traditional knowledge debate (kiondo-kikoy-shuka) as well as the … Continue reading »
Amnesty Campaign Launched to Fight Software Piracy in Kenya
Starting today for the next 30 days, the Kenya Copyright Board (KeCoBo), with the support of Microsoft East and Southern Africa have instituted an “amnesty” period whereby end-users running counterfeit software can “come clean” by discontinuing illegal use and acquiring genuine versions without penalty. The 30-day amnesty is a response to the growing threat of … Continue reading »
Intellectual Property in Kenya / IP News / Kenya Copyright Board KeCoBo / Kenya Industrial Property Institute KIPI / Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions / World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO
Towards Legislation on Traditional Knowledge in Kenya
Today’s Daily Nation, Smart Company on page 3 has an article titled: “If not Kenya or Japan, then who can lay claim to Kiondo?” As far as the contents of this article go, it’s pretty similar to the views of IPKenya on the Kiondo and Kikoy issues i.e. what really transpired in the respective IP … Continue reading »
