Legal Thinking Kenya

Nagoya Protocol – Guinea and Morocco sign

By Curious Amicus January 11, 2012Intellectual Property

The latest signatories to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity…

Genetic Resources, Equity and International Law.

By Curious Amicus January 4, 2012Equity, Intellectual Property

Due to be published on May 31st, 2012 is Genetic Resources, Equity and International Law by Camena Guneratne. Dr Guneratne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Legal Studies…

REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA

By Curious Amicus January 1, 2012Law Bits

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Santa Claus, Coca-Cola and Trademarks

By Curious Amicus December 20, 2011Intellectual Property

Bradford, in her 2009 paper 'Trademark Dilution and Emotion', sheds some unexpected light on the story of the Santa Claus traditionally featured in advertisements for Coca-Cola: A third example is…

Intellectual Property and Biodiversity

By Curious Amicus December 18, 2011Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property and Biodiversity: Rights to Animal Genetic Resources by Michelangelo Temmerman is to be published on 19th December. This is a significant resource at 320 pages. This book covers:…

Contractual Arrangement Regarding Protection of Traditional Knowledge Holders

By Curious Amicus December 13, 2011Intellectual Property

Just possibly you don't follow all the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Conference Papers. In that case you would miss this one. Their paper looks at private contractual arrangements…

Gene Thieves

By Curious Amicus December 9, 2011Intellectual Property

Susan Watt writes at the Economic and Social Research Council a very readable introduction to the Nagoya Protocol and the looming deadline of February 2012. The Nagoya Protocol on Access…

IT CPD – and it’s legal

By Curious Amicus November 28, 2011Law Bits

Is this the best value for CPD points? More importantly, are you interested in the intersection of the worlds of computers and law? The Society for Computers and Law is…

How Not to Moot

By Curious Amicus September 8, 2011Moots

Bradford University Law Society has put together a useful series of short videos on mooting. 'How Not to Moot' is both instructive and amusing.