Report on recent ARIPO patent drafting course in Zimbabwe
One of Rouse Africa's directors, Bastiaan Koster, was a lecturer at a patent drafting course for ARIPO members on 7-11 September 2015 in...
ARIPO v National Courts
Two cases in Kenya illustrate the difficulties countries face handling ARIPO patents. (See here for details about ARIPO.) The fundamental...
June - August 2015 IP Registration Figures, Kenya
In the last 3 months the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) published the June, July and August Industrial Property Journals...
Kenya Copyright Boards Recent Figures on Enforcement and Raids in 2015
The recently published 17th quarterly edition of ‘Copyright News’ (a publication of the Kenya Copyright Board) sets out its enforcement...
A draft Copyright Amendment Bill for South Africa
On 27 July 2015 the Department of Trade and Industry published its draft Copyright Amendment Bill for public comment. While there are...
Anti-Piracy Devices for Audio Visual Works in Kenya
In the period April to July the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) reported that it filed 19 cases before the High Court. A majority of the...
ARIPO - the Anglophone countries regional filing system
ARIPO is the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization which began in December 1976 under the Lusaka Agreement. Its HQ is in...
