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<title>Re: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs?</title>
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Dear Colleagues - the ICANN Board approved the extension of current 21 TLDs to infinity: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm</a><p>Some forward thinking/planning may be required so that we reserve important resources like .kenya, .nairobi, etc.</p><p>Kind Regards,Waudo</p><pre>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:02:34 +0300, "Brian Longwe" <blongwe@gmail.com> said:
</pre><blockquote class="QuoteMessage" type="cite">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 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 href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a><br />cell: + 254 722 518 744<br />blog : <a href="http://zinjlog.blogspot.com/">http://zinjlog.blogspot.com</a><br />meta-blog: <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com</a> </blockquote>
<pre>People make a plan work, a plan alone seldom makes people work (Confucius).
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