Dear Colleagues - the ICANN Board approved the extension of current 21 TLDs to infinity: [1]http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-e n.htm Some forward thinking/planning may be required so that we reserve important resources like .kenya, .nairobi, etc. Kind Regards,Waudo On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:02:34 +0300, "Brian Longwe" <blongwe@gmail.com> sa id: 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. [Full article at] [2]http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exe rcise-to-protect.html -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: [3]blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : [4]http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: [5]http://mashilingi.blogspot.com References 1. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm 2. http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exercise-to-protect.... 3. mailto:blongwe@gmail.com 4. http://zinjlog.blogspot.com/ 5. http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/ People make a plan work, a plan alone seldom makes people work (Confucius).