On this page, you will find various publications relating to Intellectual Property Matters:

WIPO Development Agenda Articles 

This paper aims at discussing the role of the patent system in development and how it can be maximised towards the implementation of the WIPO-DA. It is response to KIPI’s 2008 policy on staff to author technical articles for publication by KIPI and is triggered by the UNCTAD-ICTSD Project on Intellectual Property…….Read More

LOSS OF KIKOI TO THE UK: AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DRAMA

After a long time of agony caused by a myth on the loss of kiondo idea to Japan, KIPI was at it again in 2006, when a firm called Kikoy UK Company2 applied on 26 August 2006 to register the word ‘KIKOY’ as a trade mark for textile goods made from kikoi, in the United Kingdom. Read More ..

KIONDO IDEA THEFT: AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MYTH!

Was Kiondo patented in Japan…? When the word intellectual property (IP) made its serious advent into Kenyan territory, it was not positively received, at least, from Kiondo perspective. It reminded some Kenyans of an already existed myth that kiondo basket was patented as a product in Japan. Read More..

ROLE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEM IN DEVELOPMENT

Intellectual property is so called because it arises from the human intellect – it is a product of human creation, an idea that can only be protected upon expression. IP is divided into three aspects. Read More..