[kictanet] Reverse engineering - or patent infringement?

Tue Feb 9 10:49:01 EAT 2010

Murigi,

Actually, if you look at all of Huawei and ZTEs CDMA products, they  
purchase/license the core chip from Qualcomm, who have the patent for  
the technology. In fact, they ate Qualcomms biggest partner.

Brian

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 9, 2010, at 10:37 AM, S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> All well & good. If the Chinese listened to these kinds of (valid)  
> points there would be no Huawei or ZTE in existence. Knowledge first  
> (primary) & legalities (later but) not to be ignored.
>
> No nation has developed by impressing foreigners but primarily by  
> being civilized (not harming anyone including foreigners), believing  
> in its own people & by promoting learning with its boundaries.
>
> SMM
>
> From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 09:47
> To: murigi.muraya at gmail.com
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Reverse engineering - or patent infringement?
>
> Good morning all,
>
> I didn't refer to Prof. Kamau, I referred to the statement of Dr  
> Ndemo, which he kindly qualified. I am aware of the debate of  
> generic drugs and the arguments made that the public good should  
> override patent rights. But this is, as I'm sure everyone is also  
> aware of, a complex topic, with an equally complex international  
> legal framework, and as much as it's easy to hate big pharma, I  
> think some recognition needs to be given to companies that invest  
> heavily in R&D.
>
> In the Kenyan debate specifically, I would find it counterproductive  
> if senior government officials openly call for patent right  
> infringements (and again, Dr Ndemo did qualify his statement). Apart  
> from the fact that I'd rather like to see innovation encouraged, it  
> does nothing for Kenya's image towards international ICT and tech  
> investors or people looking to outsource processes. Copy right and  
> patent infringement and intellectual property right theft was and is  
> a big concern in China, and Kenya has none of the advantages that  
> China offers to offset these: very low-cost manufacturing  
> environment and a huge domestic market. It's a bit of a  
> contradiction to call for e.g. certifications etc to build  
> international credibility, and then offset it with a signal like this.
>
> On the IPad specificially: I doubt that Kenyan companies, even if  
> they managed to copy the IPad, would be able to build it at a lower  
> cost, and the way the education sector is run now, they'd be stolen  
> just as quickly as any book - probably faster. I went to the Intel  
> Classmate launch a couple of years ago and they made a useful point  
> that just handing out kiddie laptops is not the solution: You need  
> the whole ecosystem to make them productive. Electricity,  
> connectivity, a place to lock them up, and importantly a teaching  
> plan that they are integrated into.
>
> Have a lovely day,
> Andrea
>
> On 9 February 2010 09:07, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> @Andrea,
>
> Reverse engineering - or patent infringement?
>
> If I was Prof. Kamau, I would carefully ride on both - depending on  
> the convenience of the laws applicable and the demand for public  
> good. Draw the parallel with generic HIV medicines...
>
> walu.
>
> --- On Tue, 2/9/10, Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com 
> > wrote:
>
> From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Getting a hold on cybercrime against women  
> (cyber pests!)
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 12:40 AM
>
> Reverse engineering - or patent infringement?
>
> On 8 February 2010 21:01, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> Dear listers,
> Prof. Kamau, University of Nairobi's engineering school has  
> successifully reverse engineered the converter box for digital TV.   
> Those willing to visit the fab lab next week should register with  
> Awiti in my office.  His e-mail is nawiti at information.go.ke.
>
> I am hoping soon we can reverse engineer the ipad so that we can use  
> it to distribute e-books to all kids in the country and avoid this  
> theft of textbooks.
>
> Regards.
>
> Ndemo.
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:14:20
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> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: [kictanet] Getting a hold on cybercrime against women  
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