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<div>Wololo...!!! This thing looks tricky. The T&C's (which are contractually binding - and which many will click-thru without reading) appear to contradict the sweet assurances given in the FAQ. </div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Suggested solution:</b> The FAQ answers should be aligned with (and be incorporated in) the T&Cs to avoid confusion or contradictions. The T&C is mostly a disclaimer absolving Gov from any responsibility (yet its a Gov initiative!) and that is not very encouraging. Government has the ability (and ought) to commit itself and <u>get in with both feet</u> in order to show <u>full backing</u> of Kenyan innovators.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Rationale:</b> This is a Government led initiative (so why adopt a half-hearted, uncommitted approach that could leave our innovators exposed to IP misappropriation by third parties? I fear that many people will read the FAQs and submit unstrategically, <u>thinking that the GoK has their back 100%</u>, only to be shocked later on if things go south thanks to a greedy "partner". These are the realities innovators face every day so if Gov can't commit, where is the confidence?).</span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><h4 class="ydp16389b1panel-title" style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#faq" href="http://whitebox.go.ke/faq#question3" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="ydp16389b1c-gray-light" style="font-weight: 700;">3.</span> Why was the Whitebox conceptualized?</a></h4></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 0, 98); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">[this answer appears misaligned with T&Cs. Why wont Government commit to protecting indigenous innovators - <u>many of whom don't know how to protect their innovations, or lack adequate funding to do so properly,</u> if it truly realizes the strategic value and wants to be a national connector?] </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#757b87">"Growth, development and transformation of local innovations and ventures into viable sustainable business enterprises has continually been stifled by lack of capital, limited expert guidance and poor access to markets. By aggregating stakeholders and relevant partners, the </font><font color="#9d1811" style="">Whitebox will be a national connector</font><font color="#757b87"> for local ventures to access funds, capacity building and access to market opportunities. </font></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Whitebox is intended to facilitate the introduction of local ventures to government ministries, departments, agencies, counties and the private sector to promote local </span><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">co-innovation and adoption of local content in the spirit of </span><em style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">‘Buy Kenya, Build Kenya’</em><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">.</span><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><h4 class="ydpbcc98075panel-title" style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#faq" href="http://whitebox.go.ke/faq#question7" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline-width: 5px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="ydpbcc98075c-gray-light" style="font-weight: 700;">7.</span> Do I have to have Intellectual Property protection?(Patents applied for or filed)</a></h4></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#440062">[doublespeak alert] </font><font color="#757b87">"</font><b style=""><font color="#9d1811"><u>Yes</u></font></b><font color="#757b87">. We strongly encourage you to date all your submissions. We keep a log of the date, time and manner of all submissions to the </font></span><em style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">WhiteBox </em><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">in order to track precedence. </span><font color="#808080"><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">If not yet acquired a patent, please talk to us on how to apply for one the </span><em style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Whitebox </em><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">secretariat will provide guidance on the process.</span></font><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#808080"> </font> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#9d1811">However, to safeguard your Intellectual Property rights, we advise that you contact an Intellectual Property professional before submission. </font></span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#9d1811">If you do not have a patent or have not applied for one yet, you should not disclose any information that may infringe on your ability to subsequently file patents.</font></span><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">" </span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#440062">[started with "yes", then ended with "no". so which is it?]</font></span><br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><span><h4 class="ydpbb2e2cf2panel-title" style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#faq" href="http://whitebox.go.ke/faq#question10" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="ydpbb2e2cf2c-gray-light" style="font-weight: 700;">10.</span> How does Whitebox deal with potential conflict of interest?</a></h4></span><br></div><div>"<span><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Our rigorous process identifies issues and actively manages any potential conflicts arising. We operate on the strict principle of confidentiality and precedence. We consider first person to </span><span style="font-weight: 700; color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">articulate, describe and <u>reduce to practice</u> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#757b87">an idea as the Intellectual Property Owner. We define simultaneity of delivery of a concept as being within 6 hours of each other - in which case we consider simultaneously delivered ideas to be co-owned. This is still a matter under consideration and your views will be carefully considered. The Whitebox, it’s officials and associates </font><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#9d1811">undertakes </font></b><font color="#757b87">NOT to independently develop, implement or execute on any idea submitted to it - we operate under the principles of utmost good faith and probity." <span><span style="color: rgb(68, 0, 98); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">[Is Whitebox an entity such that it can make an undertaking or is it the ICT Ministry doing so? These "officials" and "associates" - as well as "partners", should be defined in the T&Cs. Who is included in this and who is not?]</span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(117, 123, 135); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Any other interesting observations?</div><div><br></div><div>Patrick.</div><div> </div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, October 21, 2018, 9:20:11 PM GMT+3, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265"><div>Great initiative!<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Note the Terms and Conditions:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div class="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265header" style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(231,231,231);border-radius:5px 5px 0px 0px;padding:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><h2 style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;margin:0px;font-size:30px;">Terms and Conditions on the use of Whitebox Facility</h2></div><div class="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265copy" style="padding:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><label style="display:inline-block;max-width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;font-weight:700;text-align:justify;"></label><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;">The Participants agree that by submitting their idea, innovation or product to the Whitebox Facility they agree to the following terms and conditions which constitute a legally binding agreement between the Government and the Participants.Further,the Participants in registering with the Facility confirm that they have read and fully understood and accepted these terms and conditions.</p><div style="text-align:justify;"><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;list-style-position: inside;list-style-position: inside"><li>The Government is under no obligation to take up the idea, innovation or the product or apply it in any manner whatsoever;</li><li>The Government is not responsible for the protection of the intellectual property rights for the idea, innovation or the product and neither does it guarantee any such protection within the Whitebox Facility. The Participants are advised to follow through with the appropriate Government bodies for the protection of their intellectual property rights.</li><li>The Participants agree that they are voluntarily entering in the Whitebox Facility and fully understand its mode of operation. Their engagement with the Government and its partners is not compulsory and they can choose to opt out at any given time.</li><li>The Participants acknowledge that the Whitebox Facility is not responsible for any contracts that the Participants may enter with any of the Facility’s partners. Any such contractual engagements or dealings are willingly entered by the Participants and they do not create any privity with the Government.</li><li>The Participants fully understand the objectives of Whitebox Facility and as such the Participants have without any inducement or coercion submitted their ideas, innovations and products to the Facility and this participation does not create any binding legal obligations with the Government.</li></ol></div></div><br clear="none">On Sunday, October 21, 2018, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div><div><font size="5"><a shape="rect" href="http://whitebox.go.ke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://whitebox.go.ke/</a><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="5"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="5"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="5">Changamka with Sunday gifts for innovators.....</font></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span style="width:100%;"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:IgCf6Xx1U4EeNLfhcqck" style="max-width:800px;width:100%;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" draggable="false"></span><br clear="none"><span></span><div style="margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:justify;padding:5px;color:rgb(117,123,135);font-family:Lato, sans-serif;"><font size="5"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:justify;padding:5px;color:rgb(117,123,135);font-family:Lato, sans-serif;"><font size="5"><span><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(117,123,135);font-family:Lato, sans-serif;text-align:justify;">WhiteBox </span><span style="color:rgb(117,123,135);font-family:Lato, sans-serif;text-align:justify;">is an initiative of the Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology and the ICT Authority, geared towards catalyzing the successful growth of local ventures to global, world-class status. The main objective of this initiative is to create a channel for anyone who wants to sell/suggest a product/idea to Government, priority will be given to products that focus on the Big 4 Agenda and address Government priorities and challenges. ....</span></span><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:justify;padding:5px;color:rgb(117,123,135);font-family:Lato, sans-serif;"><font size="5">The <span style="font-weight:700;">WhiteBox</span> initiative offers a window into Government wide initiatives; staffed with subject matter Government officers who will offer guidance on the program activities, selection criteria as well as insights into Government programs that the public can leverage on to grow their businesses.</font></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:justify;padding:5px;color:rgb(117,123,135);font-family:Lato, sans-serif;"><font size="5">We welcome entrepreneurs and businesses at all stages of growth, from ideation to scale and aim to build a collaborative community of entrepreneurs and innovators who will mutually benefit from sharing knowledge and establishing necessary partnerships for success.</font></p><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;"><font size="5"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;"><font size="5">Be blessed.</font></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;"><font size="5">Regards/Wangari</font></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265yqt6604728761" id="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265yqt62075"><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;">---<br clear="none"><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63);">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63);">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"><div class="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265yqt6604728761" id="ydpbcaf42e3yiv9564794265yqt28446"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! <br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="ydpbcaf42e3yqt6604728761" id="ydpbcaf42e3yqt15750">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">kictanet mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br clear="none">Twitter: <a shape="rect" href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br clear="none">Facebook: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br clear="none">Domain Registration sponsored by www.eacdirectory.co.ke<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unsubscribe or change your options at <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pmaina2000%40yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pmaina2000%40yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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