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? At least 1 positive thing about such patents is they might be used as some form of security for finance. --- On Wed, 6/25/08, Brian Longwe <[email protected]> wrote: From: Brian Longwe <[email protected]> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: [email protected] Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 1:02 AM 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] http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exercise-to-protect.... -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: [email protected] cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.co...