by Caxstone Kigata | Apr 26, 2021 | Legal update
Introduction Billy Collins, an American Poet once said that: “The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you’re simply using a pen to record what you have...
by Caxstone Kigata | Jan 25, 2021 | Legal update
As with all other areas of law, intellectual property rights came along so as to protect an individual’s intangible creation and innovation of the mind. Nick Harckaway, author of the Blind Giant, expressed his idea of intellectual property in the following words:...
by Caxstone Kigata | Dec 7, 2020 | Legal update
Van Vechten Veeder, a United States Judge stated: “one’s good name is as truly the product of one’s efforts as any physical possession; indeed, it alone gives to material possessions their value.” It therefore follows that a person’s name or reputation...
by Caxstone Kigata | Nov 30, 2020 | Legal update
The former Chief Justice, Dr. Willy Mutunga firmly stated in the year 2012, that colonial mindsets have persisted, in the executive, the legislature and, unfortunately, even in the judiciary, even after independence. In a bid to promote progressive jurisprudence in...
by Charles Wamae | Nov 5, 2020 | Legal update
A. INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Section 93A of the Companies Act and the Companies (Beneficial Ownership Information) Regulations, 2020 (hereinafter referred to as “the Regulations”), every Company duly incorporated in Kenya is required to disclose information as regards...
by Virginiah Nduta | Oct 5, 2020 | Legal update
A recent spate of initial public offerings, high-profile mergers and acquisitions, and litigation has thrust intellectual property (IP) into an increasingly critical position in global economics. However, many organizations often fail to understand the value of and...
