[kictanet] Dreams of a cosy career that turned into a nightmare

[John Matogo]

Thanks Ali.
This topic of IP is becoming increasingly important. We at Strathmore
University have started educating our innovators and students on the topic
of IP. We now have a unit Centre for IP and IT Law that is looking at this
question. (http://cipit.org/). Dr. Isaac Rutenberg in Cc heads this unit.

We have some innovators that have some patentable innovations that we are
assisting in the filing process. The fact is that this process is rather
complex and expensive. We are however looking into ways of overcoming these
challenges.

Regards.

John Matogo

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> This is an interesting case study of the link between employer/employee
> relations on Intellectual Property. Who owns the IP when you
> invent/innovate while working at a company and the invention/innovation is
> directly linked to the work you have been hired to do?
>
> IN SUMMARY
>
>    - When Mr Samson Ngengi beat thousands of applicants to land the
>    coveted position at the tax agency in December 2009, the graduate of Jomo
>    Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) had one thing on his
>    mind; to ensure that he gets absorbed into the job
>    - Mr Ngengi came up with an innovation that links plot boundaries and
>    location, ownership, and building details as well as tax status of a
>    taxpayer as a single view in a computer application, in an effort to give
>    KRA an insight into how to get its pound of flesh from the lucrative real
>    estate sector
>    - His innovation was named the Geo-spatial Revenue Collection
>    Information System (GEOCRIS). But little did he know that he would, early
>    in his career, find himself fighting his employer
>
>
> Is there a strong case here to also focus our Techpreneurs on the 'softer'
> stuff of turning their ideas/products etc into viable businesses? You know
> the boring stuff...the nuts and bolts of building an enduring business?
> Protecting your business idea, building a business system to deliver on the
> values opposition, sales, legal standing (company registration) etc..
>
> What would have happened if Samson had decided to quite his job at KRA and
> develop his idea independently?
>
> There has been lots of news of late about the hype that has become known
> as 'Silicon Savannah'. It would be sad if the hype is not concurrently
> followed by serious efforts to build an ecosystem to support all these
> brilliant (and not so brilliant) ideas and turn them into strong enduring
> businesses.
>
> For every Cellulant there are maybe tens of others that will never see the
> light of day.
>
> There is a case here for a new type of Multi-stakeholder intervention -
> between government, private sector (VC, Companies etc) and Not For Profits.
> I suspect this is already happening in some form or other. More focus is
> required.
>
> Ali Hussein
> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>
> +254 773/713 601113
>
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Regards,

John Matogo
Manager
Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica
Strathmore University
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