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

[wesley kiriinya]

Last time I was at KIPI, around 2006, I was told it was not possible to do software patents yet. Does anyone know the current status?
At least 1 positive thing about such patents is they might be used as some form of security for finance.

--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Brian Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Brian Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs?
To: kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 1:02 AM

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
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