Twelve years ago, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) created the “World Intellectual Property (IP) Day” as an event intended to “raise awareness of the role of intellectual property in our daily lives, and to celebrate the contribution made by innovators and creators to the development of societies across the globe”. Last year, this blog … Continue reading »
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Picture of the Day: WTO, WIPO, WHO on Intersections Between Public Health, Intellectual Property and Trade
Yesterday, the World Trade Organization (WTO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and World Health Organization (WHO) jointly released a report on “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation”. This report examines the interplay between public health, trade and intellectual property, and how these policy domains affect medical innovation and access to medical technologies. Read the … Continue reading »
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Coming Soon: WIPO – KIPI Seminar on the Madrid System in December
This week’s Law Society of Kenya newsletter contains a notice that the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in collaboration with Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) is organizing a series of one-day seminars in Kenya intended for business community, trade mark practitioners and representatives of the industrial sector. The objective of the seminars is to familiarize … Continue reading »
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50th Anniversary of Francophone African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI)
IPKenya wishes to congratulate the African Organisation for Intellectual Property (OAPI) as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary! The details of this event are available on OAPI’s site here. IPKenya souhaiterait féliciter l’Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) lors de son cinquantième anniversaire! Toutes informations sur cet évènement sont disponsible sur le site de l’OAPI … Continue reading »
Hope for Intellectual Property in Kenya: CIPIT at Strathmore University
For the last two days, IPKenya has been attending the inaugural event of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore University. As many may already know, Strathmore Law School is the first law school in the entire Eastern and Central African region to set up a research centre wholly dedicated … Continue reading »
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Some Gleanings: Intellectual Property Rights Infringement in the Digital Environment
Recently, IPKenya was privy to a Q&A session between a member of the group “IP-Checkin” (@IPCheckin on twitter) and Dr. Marisella Ouma, Executive Director of KECOBO. One particular item stood out: IP Check-in: Has KECOBO considered how to have Section 36 come into full effect with regard to the Digital Works? Is there a definition … Continue reading »
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Towards A Draft Model Copyright Law for East and Southern Africa
It has come to IPKenya’s attention that the Southern and Eastern Africa Copyright Network (SEACONET) will hold a meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi from 21st to 22nd August, 2012 with a view to finalise the draft sample copyright law. Presumably, Kenya’s representative to this important Seaconet meeting will be Dr. Marisella Ouma, Executive Director of the … Continue reading »
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Upcoming Seminar at Strathmore Law School: Should Kenya Allow Computer Software Patents?
IPKenya is pleased to inform everyone that the newly-created Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore Law School is holding its inaugural event on 14-15 August, 2012 to discuss computer software patents and protecting IP in the ICT industry. CIPIT has managed to get representatives from the United States Patent and … Continue reading »
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Blast from the Past: Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
The Olympics are finally here! IPKenya reckons now is as good a time as any to remind everyone that Nairobi once hosted an important international conference on 26 September 1981 which culminated in the adoption of the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol. The Nairobi Treaty entered into force in September 25, … Continue reading »
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A Challenge for Law Schools in Kenya to Take IP Seriously
IPKenya would like to begin by echoing Article 40 (6) of the Constitution of Kenya which states: “The State shall support, promote and protect of the intellectual property rights of the people of Kenya” This post is a call for a different interpretation of this article that puts us, intellectual property scholars and students, at … Continue reading »
