The penny has finally dropped. After the country&#39;s huge loss of&nbsp; revenue due to Japanese patenting of Kenya&#39;s traditional &#39;kiondo&#39; and the near loss of the traditional &#39;kikoy&#39; 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>
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