2CUBANINNOVATIONAwardsfor public healthGENEVA – AUGUST 2007 – No.414GEOGRAPHICALINDICATIONSTasting success in ChinaKENYA’S MUSIC INDUSTRYTapping Potential8STRATEGIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENTEXECUTIVE PROGRAMSeptember 17-19, 2007, Geneva, SwitzerlandDesigned for senior executives this program teaches how intellectual property (IP) can be strategically leveraged to createvalue and sustain competitive advantage in a rapidly changing business environment. STRATEGIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FINANCE EXECUTIVE PROGRAMNovember 12-15, 2007, Geneva, SwitzerlandDesigned for finance executives, managers and analysts, this program teaches essential concepts and recent developmentsin the rapidly evolving and complex area of intellectual property (IP) finance.For registration, please visit www.wipo.int/academy/en/execed/. For further information please contact Research & ExecutiveProgram, WIPO Worldwide Academy, World Intellectual Property Organization 34, chemin des Colombettes 1211 Geneva 20Switzerland. E-mail [email protected]. Tel: (+41-22) 338 92 40 • Fax: (+41-22) 740 14 17SEPTEMBER 14 (P.M.) GENEVAPatent Colloquium: Patents and Transfer of TechnologyWIPO is holding a number of colloquia on selected patent issues throughout the year. The colloquia are intended to provide in-formation on different patent-related topics and to provide a forum for an exchange of information among participants on thesetopics. Each colloquium will include two presentations by invited speakers, followed by a discussion.Invitations:The colloquia are open to the public and free of charge.SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 3 GENEVAAssemblies of the Member States of WIPO (Forty-third Series of Meetings)All Bodies of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO will meet in their ordinary sessions.Invitations:As members, the States members of WIPO; as observers, other States and certain organizations.OCTOBER 15 GENEVADomain Name Panelists’ MeetingA meeting of WIPO panelists to exchange information on precedents and procedures in WIPO domain name dispute resolution.Invitations:Restricted to WIPO domain name panelists.OCTOBER 16 AND 17 GENEVAWIPO Arbitration WorkshopAn annual event for all persons interested in WIPO arbitration procedures, both as potential arbitrators and as potential party rep-resentatives.Invitations:Open to interested parties, against payment of a fee.OCTOBER 18 AND 19 GENEVAWIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution: Update on Practices and PrecedentsAn event for all persons interested in receiving up-to-date information about the trends in WIPO domain name panel decisions.Invitations:Open to interested parties, against payment of a fee.Calendar of MeetingsON THE BEAT TAPPING THE POTENTIAL OF KENYA’S MUSIC INDUSTRYIN THE COURTS CAN DISTINCTIVENESS OF MUSICAL IDENTITYBE PROTECTED UNDER U.S. LAW?GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONSFROM DARJEELING TO DOHAIP AND SOFTWARE SEMINAREMERGING TRENDS AND PROSPECTSWIPO AWARDS FOR CUBAN INNOVATORSMEASURING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IP SYSTEMSNATIONAL STRATEGIES AND POLICIES FOR INNOVATIONA VIEW FROM CHINA AND INDIACOMMITTEE MEETINGSPCDA: Milestone Agreement on WIPO DevelopmentAgendaSCCR: Discussions on Protection of BroadcastingOrganizations to Continue at Committee LevelIGC: Recommendation to Renew MandateBOOK REVIEWPATRY ON COPYRIGHTLETTERS AND COMMENTIN THE NEWS2581214151618212224CONTENTSGENEVA, AUGUST 2007WIPO MAGAZINE ISSUE 2007/4Editorial teamJohn Tarpey, Elizabeth March, SylvieCastonguayWIPO staff contributorsCarole Croella – Tapping the Potentialof Kenya’s Music IndustryAllan Roach – Measuring the EconomicImpact of IP SystemsPhilippe Baechtold and TomokoMiyamoto – National Strategies forInnovation: A View from China and IndiaAcknowledgementsTabu Osusa, Exceutive Producer,Ketebul Music – Tapping the Potentialof Kenya’s Music IndustryCuban Industrial Property Office –WIPO Awards for Cuban InnovatorsGraphic designSheyda NavabCover photographyBeijing Pinggu District Fruit Industry Association©World Intellectual Property OrganizationWith more than forty different regional languages,the country’s musical panorama is rich and remark-ably complex. Driving through Nairobi’s streets inyour matatu, you will hear songs in Luhya, Luo,Kamba, and Kikuyu on every street corner. Musichas traditionally been a distinctive feature of Kenyanethnic groups, such as the Kikuyu, Kenya’s largestethnic community, and the Luo people of the LakeVictoria region, who havealways been particularlywell known for their musi-cal culture.In addition to its enter-tainment value, Kenyanmusic has always been,and is still today, a majorvehicle for sharing infor-mation and educating lo-cal populations. Opondo Owenga, a traditionalBenga musician, was well known during the colonialera for his use of music to convey the history of theLuo people. Such musical riches are under threat,however, since traditional music rooted in oral tra-dition is disappearing at an alarming rate. A potent mixThe roots of Kenya’s popular music can be traced tothe 1950s. The most characteristic pop sound isBenga music, which was born on the lakeshore andoriginates from the Luo community. It is a crossoverof traditional rhythms and instruments, such as thenyatiti lyre, the orutu single stringed fiddle, theohangla drums, and modern dance. Benga becameso popular that ethnic groups from six out of Kenya’seight provinces have adapted it to their own style andflavor, while retaining the pulsing beat, high energybass, interlocking guitar riffs and recurrent voice soloswhich characterize the Benga genre. The complexrhythms include indigenous and imported rhythms,notably the Congolese beat. The Shirati jazz band,formed in 1967, was one of the first Benga bands tomake a major breakthrough. Others were GeorgeRamogi, Victoria Jazz Band, DK and Joseph Kamaru,who received international exposure in the 70’s.Recently, traditional Kenyan music attracted interna-tional attention when the songs of the singer AyubOgada were featured in the award winning 2005movie “The Constant Gardener.”Foreign artists and foreign bands, essentially fromTanzania and the former Zaire, have also been amajor component in the rich Kenyan musical stew.The entrancing Taarab music is a fusion of Indian,Arab and African motifs that developed in thecoastal cities of Kenya and Tanzania. Congolesegroups started performing in Nairobi night clubs inthe mid 1960s and, as political conditions in theCongo deteriorated in
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