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The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2018
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">seeks to make various, wide-ranging amendments to
various intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) law-related
statutes. The Bill contains proposed amendments to the following statutes:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>-
Registration of Persons Act of 2015
<br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>- The Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998 (No. 2 of
1998)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>- The Industrial Property Act, 2001 (No. 3 of 2001)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>- The Copyright Act, 2001 (No. 12 of 2001)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>- The Anti-Counterfeit Act, 2008 (No. 13 of 2008)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>- The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional
Cultural Expressions Act, 2016 (No. 33 of 2016)</i></p>
Attached to this is a copy of the bill and a link to Jadili where select clauses have been uploaded for comments.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-statute-law-(miscellaneous-amendments)-bill,-2018">http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-statute-law-(miscellaneous-amendments)-bill,-2018</a><br></div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Francis Monyango<br><br>Lawyer | ICT Policy and Legal Consultant<br><a href="http://www.monyango.com" target="_blank">www.monyango.com</a><br><br><br><br></div></div></div>
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