<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td valign='top' style='font: inherit;'>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?<br>At least 1 positive thing about such patents is they might be used as some form of security for finance.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 6/25/08, Brian Longwe <i><blongwe@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com><br>Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs?<br>To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 1:02 AM<br><br><div id="yiv425173396">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.<br>
[Full article at]<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exercise-to-protect.html">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exercise-to-protect.html</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
Brian Munyao Longwe<br>e-mail: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a><br>cell: + 254 722 518 744<br>blog : <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://zinjlog.blogspot.com">http://zinjlog.blogspot.com</a><br>meta-blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com</a>
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