Intellectual Property Notes Kenya
This paper explains the value of intellectual property and why it is important to kenya s integration into the global economy.
Intellectual property notes kenya. 254 20 2725957 278035 fax. In a country such as kenya the importance of intellectual property rights can hardly be overemphasised. The merger of existing legislation in kenya into a single law on intellectual property comes from a recommendation of the presidential task force on parastatal reforms 2013.
Intellectual property rights in kenya edited by moni wekesa and ben sihanya. Kenya is a signatory to the trips agreement and several other major international and regional intellectual property conventions as noted below. Intellectual property can be referred to as creations of the mind such as inventions literary and artistic works designs and symbols names and images used in commerce.
Most nations including kenya have an ip law which helps convert ideas into ip assets by using regimes in the law to protect an idea. 254 20 2724902 head office. In the case of windsurfing v tabur marines a boy used to play with a play boat later on a company made a similar play boat and wanted a patent on it they were denied because it was not.
27 p o box 66471 00800 nairobi kenya telephone. This is a country where book piracy film piracy and music piracy still reign supreme. This includes books codes music paintings photographs and many more.
The state here is kenya and the office is kenya intellectual property institute kipi. To ensure that you can financially benefit from these creations you need to familiarize your self with intellectual property or ip law. This protection is relevant to actors playwrights performers and other artists musicians authors publishers and broadcasters.
Basically it s anything that you have created and that s unique to you. To get a patent one must have an invention it must be new novel. Konrad adenauer stiftung rule of law program for sub saharan africa mbaruk rd hse no.
