[kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs?

[Brian Longwe]

The penny has finally dropped. After the country's huge loss of  revenue due
to Japanese patenting of Kenya's traditional 'kiondo' and the near loss of
the traditional 'kikoy' patent to a shrewd Kenyan living in the UK, the
Kenya Intellectual Property Institute (KIPI) has now embarked on a process
to take stock of traditional knowledge and artifacts and determine those
that need protection through patent.
[Full article at]
http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exercise-to-protect.html

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Brian Munyao Longwe
e-mail: blongwe at gmail.com
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