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By OKUTTAH MARK
In Summary
- The IP Hub will be available across the country through Huduma Centres and artist will be required to pay Sh1,000 as registration fees.
Artists, software developers and other owners of
intellectual property will have an opportunity to register their works
online on an automated system developed by Microsoft and the Kenya
Copyright Board (Kecobo).
The new system, dubbed IP Hub, will replace the current
manual process of registering intellectual property (IP) in Kenya, and
involves downloading registration forms, paying via M-Pesa and
submitting the forms at the Kecobo offices.
The IP Hub will be available across the country
through Huduma Centres and artist will be required to pay Sh1,000 as
registration fees.
“The goal is to provide a learning resource for
innovators, where they can understand all the ins and outs of copyright,
trademarks, patents and general IP protection,” said Louis Otieno,
director of legal and corporate affairs at Microsoft 4Afrika.
“Together with Kecobo, we’re now moving to the next
step to create a system where users, after learning about how to
protect their IP, can easily go online, register their work and receive
the necessary legal documents.”
Marisella Ouma, executive director at Kecobo said
the main objective of the IP Hub is to enable developers to monetise
their software apps, make them profitable and create jobs.
“We have been working closely with the Microsoft
4Afrika IP Hub to develop an online system that makes registering IP
faster and more accessible,” said Dr Ouma.
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