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Kenya Copyright Board is revising its guidelines for regulating CMOs- What is critical to streamline CMOs in Kenya?

I think it is critical for KECOBO to spell out clearly the limits and mandate for each collecting society. Kenya’s CMO scene’ is laden with CMOS all demanding royalties and claiming to collect for ‘their’ members. This is especially exasperating in music royalties. First, there is often a duplicity in members, with an artiste’ (say…
Section 30A of the Copyright Act**: Mandatory use of CMOs to collect remuneration for sound recordings

Section 30A of the Copyright Act (CA) was introduced by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act of 2012 and has, in my view, far reaching consequences to the music industry in Kenya because it obliges performers (artistes) and music producers to their remuneration collection rights to CMOs. Section 30A introduced a ‘right to equitable remuneration…
Taking no chances: Kenya’s introduction of withholding tax on the Betting and Gaming industry

Taking no chances: Kenya’s introduction of Withholding Tax on the Betting and Gaming industry By Judy Chebet[1] Kenya’s gambling legislation is among the oldest in the content, having been passed in 1966. This has effectively made the activities in the mostly foreigner-frequented casinos in Kenya not as frowned upon by the Kenyan society…
Doing Business in Kenya: A summary of the legal regime and environment

Doing Business in Kenya: A summary of the legal regime and environment This published article provides a good summary of the legal regime in Kenya for those considering doing business in Kenya.
Taxation Basics in Kenya

Taxation Basics in Kenya This presentation provides an overview and summary of tax basics in Kenya.
An overview of the trade mark registration process in Kenya

An overview of the trade mark registration process in Kenya This is an overview of the trade mark registration process in Kenya
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http://lnkd.in/dCPbNMx This article provides a summary of the effects of the VAT Act 2013 on intellectual property transactions in Kenya
Employee inventions in Kenya: Who owns the Intellectual Property?

In Kenya, written contracts of service must provide for certain minimum terms and conditions of employment. These are specified in the Employment Act, 2007 and are: the name, age, permanent address and sex of the employee; the name of the employer; the job description of the employment; the date of commencement of the employment; the…