DATE Wednesday 15th July 2020
TIME 10-11am
CHANNEL: Zoom Online
Meeting ID 821 1315 6900
Password 660171

Topic: Online Counterfeiting; Challenges and Enforcement Strategies.

Prognosis. The discussion will be centered on the growing online marketplaces and e-commerce platforms in Kenya being opportunities for unscrupulous traders to sell counterfeit products to unsuspecting customers. It will demonstrate the effective response of law enforcement.

• The online sales landscape in Kenya 
• Strategies for effective law enforcement
• In which circumstances an enforcement action shall be conducted?
• How technology be harnessed for effective investigation.
• Legal issues on online sales

Panelists.

1. DANIEL MAISON, Co-Founder & CEO, Sky.Garden

Bio: Daniel Maison is an entrepreneur by passion and definition. With a strong knack of launching and scaling businesses across the African continent, he has honed his skills as a marketer within a variety of businesses including the Fin-Tech, Automotive, Banking & Telco industries.

Backed by a successful career in the corporate incentives industry and driven by a zeal for driving Tech inclusivity to the masses, Daniel co-founded Sky.Garden- an eCommerce platform that serves over 5,000+ SMEs and Distributors. Inspired by the dynamic Sky.Garden team, he takes pride in positioning the company to be the preferred online tool for vendors across all emerging markets in Africa and beyond.

Daniel is inspired by technologies that directly empower people in their daily lives. He believes that in order for a business to truly realise its vision, the dream must be bigger than the dreamer in order to achieve a lasting, impactful legacy.

2. NYAMBURA KARITA, VP Legal SendyMobile

Bio: A problem-solver by nature, Nyambura has over 10 years’ work experience in fast-paced environments across Eastern & South Africa and in Europe. As a lawyer, she has advised both business and regulatory sides on a range of innovative firsts including the first derivatives exchange in East and Central Africa, and the first PPP project under Kenya’s PPP Act 2013 to attain commercial close. As a management consultant, she has helped solve some of the most complex business problems in the world. With Sendy, Nyambura is focused on addressing logistics as a barrier to trade in Africa.

Company Brief profile: At its simplest, Sendy is a digital platform that links customers to transporters through technology, enabling them service their first mile to last-mile delivery needs.

3. CASPAR OLOUCH, Chief Inspector, Anti-Counterfeit Authority

Bio: Caspar is an Electrical and Electronic Engineering engineer by profession, a graduate from the University of Nairobi and specializing in Light Current. He rose through the ranks of ACA Inspectors to the level of Chief Inspector Heading the Coast Region for many years and Regional Head of Nairobi Region and the Inland Container Depot Nairobi Office.

He is very instrumental in technical development of enforcement policies and manuals internally at ACA and also at stakeholder forums. He is currently the enforcement focal point in development and implementation the awaited Intellectual Property Recordation function and automation of ACA enforcement processes.

He is has over 10 years in supervision and management of enforcement work functions at ACA and currently handling online counterfeiting function.

MODERATOR

1. LORNA MBATIA, Partner CFL Advocates

Lorna’s expertise is broad covering corporate law, intellectual property and TMT. As the head of the TMT practice at the Firm, Lorna offers transactional, compliance and regulatory advisory in all commercial phases of this sector. Some of her work involves advisory on telecoms, technology transfer, e-commerce, data protection and privacy, content creation, broadcasting, social media and new media.

A seasoned transactional lawyer and the partner in charge of our corporate and commercial practice, Lorna has been recognised for her corporate & commercial work by global leading legal directory IFLR1000. She regularly advises clients on business establishment, contracts, competition law, consumer protection, joint ventures, private equity plus transaction-related regulatory and compliance issues.

Lorna also heads our formidable IP practice and where she works on some of the region’s largest and most complex IP matters. She also advises clients on IP-related commercial aspects of distribution, franchising and M&A deals.

Lorna is dual-qualified and registered as a trademark and patent agent in both Kenya and Rwanda. Her expertise covers ARIPO, OAPI and international registration systems. She is highly regarded for her first-rate contentious and non-contentious IP work. Plus, for being an IP thought leader, especially on anti-counterfeit law.
Several international leading legal directories including Chambers Global, Managing IP and WTR1000 have consistently recognised her(for many years) as one of Kenya’s finest IP lawyers, citing among other things – her promptness, attention to detail, effectiveness and strategic advice.

DATE Wednesday 15th July 2020
TIME 10-11am
CHANNEL: Zoom Online
Meeting ID 821 1315 6900
Password 660171