adminTechnology giant Microsoft plans to tackle intellectual property (IP) protection in Africa. ITWeb reports that Microsoft has announced its 4Afrika IP Hub website, which aims to create an intellectual property protection culture in Africa.
The website will be piloted in Kenya for two years, after which it will be handed over to the local government with similar projects being rolled out to other African countries. The IP Hub also plans offering developers and independent software vendors the skills and tools necessary to develop, protect and monetise their innovations.
In Kenya only 383 resident patent applications were filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with the national patent office, between 2009 and 2012, according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation. —ITWeb.
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