Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs?
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: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com
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 <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote: From: Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.co...
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 <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote: From: Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.co...
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 <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote: From: Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.co...
Hi Wesley - you can register software with the Copyright Board under Copyright Act 2001. However under Kenya law software IPR automatically rests with the developer. If the developer is employed to develop then it automatically rests with the employer. Therefore registration is just an additional option to enhance your protection. Waudo On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:46:59 -0700 (PDT), "wesley kiriinya" <kiriinya2000 @yahoo.com> said: 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 <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote: From: Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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] [1]http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exerci se-to-protect.html -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: [2]blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : [3]http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: [4]http://mashilingi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo .com References 1. http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/06/kenya-embarks-on-exercise-to-protect.... 2. mailto:blongwe@gmail.com 3. http://zinjlog.blogspot.com/ 4. http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/ People make a plan work, a plan alone seldom makes people work (Confucius).
Firstly, sorry for the multiple posts. Aaahhh you have highlighted something I wanted to clarify. I believe patents are different from copy rights and intellectual property. I know about what you've said.
From the lawyer I spoke to (and another one I heard in a T.V interview), copy rights become automatic once the person develops the product. All you have to do is put the (c) symbol on your product.
I believe: Patents are an entire beast. Basically a patent will be requested for a particular technology and not for a product and that's why a product can be created from one or more patented technologies. When requesting for a patent a world wide investigation has to be done to make sure you are the original creator and that you didn't steal ideas from someone else, therefore patents take months or years. I think more light needs to be shed. Any KIPI people on the list? --- On Wed, 6/25/08, waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com> wrote: From: waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 12:34 PM Re: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? Hi Wesley - you can register software with the Copyright Board under Copyright Act 2001. However under Kenya law software IPR automatically rests with the developer. If the developer is employed to develop then it automatically rests with the employer. Therefore registration is just an additional option to enhance your protection.Waudo On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:46:59 -0700 (PDT), "wesley kiriinya" <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> said: 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 <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote: From: Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.co... People make a plan work, a plan alone seldom makes people work (Confucius).
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Firstly, sorry for the multiple posts. Aaahhh you have highlighted something I wanted to clarify. I believe patents are different from copy rights and intellectual property. I know about what you've said.
From the lawyer I spoke to (and another one I heard in a T.V interview), copy rights become automatic once the person develops the product. All you have to do is put the (c) symbol on your product.
I believe: Patents are an entire beast. Basically a patent will be requested for a particular technology and not for a product and that's why a product can be created from one or more patented technologies. When requesting for a patent a world wide investigation has to be done to make sure you are the original creator and that you didn't steal ideas from someone else, therefore patents take months or years. I think more light needs to be shed. Any KIPI people on the list? --- On Wed, 6/25/08, waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com> wrote: From: waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 12:34 PM Re: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? Hi Wesley - you can register software with the Copyright Board under Copyright Act 2001. However under Kenya law software IPR automatically rests with the developer. If the developer is employed to develop then it automatically rests with the employer. Therefore registration is just an additional option to enhance your protection.Waudo On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:46:59 -0700 (PDT), "wesley kiriinya" <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> said: 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 <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote: From: Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs? To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.co... People make a plan work, a plan alone seldom makes people work (Confucius).
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Dear all,
For a taste of something different, today I'm attaching the contents of a special report on Nigeria that we have just published. It covers everything from oil and politics to mattress- making and Nollywood. The full list of articles is below. I hope you find some subjects of interest.
best regards, barney
Heady excitement damped by doubt
The economy: Oil wealth fails to dent pervasive poverty
Politics: Struggle between king and kingmaker
Foreign policy: Emerging world powers vie for influence
The judiciary: Judges start to carve out independent role
The civil service: Poor pay undermines a discredited bureaucracy
Farming: Cultivating a new attitude to agriculture
Fertiliser: Trying to clear up enduring public sector scam
Oil: Financing shortfall shackles output
Gas: Masterplan seeks to supply domestic market first
The Niger delta: Fragile strategies for a complex conflict
Guest column: Why choke the goose?
The stock market: Investors shaken by damning analysis
Actis: Satisfying a basic need with a piece of furniture
Power shortages: Electricity cuts create 'state of emergency'
Telecoms: Explosive growth and a radical transformation
Starcomms: Benefits of stunted fixed lines
Banking: No time to lose in quest for sophistication
Ecobank: Doing well in difficult territory
Umaru Yar'Adua: In pursuit of respect for the rule of law
The north: Steeped in a mood of malaise and neglect
Cross river: When the rhetoric runs ahead of a shabby reality
On the road: Establishing a few things about our country
Literary revival: New writers emerge after the 'big sleep'
The film industry: A documentation of the African experience
Manufacturing: Talent thrives in city of the small man Six of the best: Lords of the emerging private sector
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At Kenya ICT Federatiuon we are working on supporting the Local Software Industry - there is a new chapter in KIF called Kenya Software Industry Association (started 19 June 2008). On discussing how KIPI would be able to support this, we were told that software is not under their mandate. Their mandate is INDUSTRIAL goods, and INTELLECTUAL goods are protected by the Copyrights department under the Attorney General's office. In other words, in legal protection we are distinguishing hardware and software in dealing with intellectual property. Regards, Marcel Werner 2008/6/25 Brian Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>:
The penny has finally dropped. After the country's huge loss of revenWue 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....
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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).
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