Last week, a team from the Nairobi law firm of Coulson & Harney Advocates gave a talk on the legal position and state of intellectual property (IP) in Kenya. This is at a time when foreign companies are investing in the local tech scene, entering into partnerships, signing up software service & cloud contracts, or acquiring tech companies. The team gave a run down of the due diligence process that should be followed with steps including gap analysis, scoping, and evaluations.
In addition, contracts signed should have clauses that ensure the right licenses are obtained, suitable maintenance, support, indemnities, upgrades, marketplace audits, and intellectual property rights are in place, confidentiality of data is assured, backup processes in place, source code is escrowed, and payment clauses etc. are all defined - and the law firm advises and represents its clients on these as well as on other copyright, domain names disputes (UDRP) and trademark remedies.
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