Professor James Otieno-OdekManaging Director
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Mailing Address:
University of Nairobi
Faculty of Law
Parklands Campus
P.O. Box 30197
Nairobi
Kenya
Permanent Address:
P.O. Box 10053-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 2 243225
Fax: +254 2 242 155
E-mail: otienoodek@yahoo.om
http://www.kipi.go.ke/
Date of Birth: 18th OCTOBER 1963
Nationality: KENYAN
Profession: LAWYER
Education
1991 – Jan 1995: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA: Attained Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) Degree.
1988 – 1989: YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, U. S. A. Attained Master of Laws Degree (LLM).
1987 – 1988: KENYA SCHOOL OF LAW, NAIROBI, KENYA. Attained Diploma in Law.
1984 – 1987: UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI KENYA. Attained Bachelors of Law Degree, First Class Honours (LLB, 1st Class Hons.)
CONTUINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
1. KIPO Certificate
2. Kenya Institute of Management Certificate
Working Experience
1ST DECEMBER 2004 TO PRESENT: MANAGING DIRECTOR- KENYA INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY INSTITUT
(Gazette Notice No. 10317 0f 24th December 2004)
1ST DECEMBER 2004 TO PRESENT: REGISTRAR OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS.
1ST DECEMBER 2004 TO PRSENT: REGISTRAR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS, UTILITY MODELS and TECHNOVATIONS.
1ST DECEMBER 2004 TO PRESENT: MEMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE ABD GOVERNING COUNCIL OF AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO).
29TH APRIL 2004 TO 10TH
JANUARY 2005. DEAN FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI.
APRIL 2004 TO 10th JANUARY
2005. MEMBER COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION.
MAY 2004 to JANUARY 2005: Member, the National Council for Law Reporting; Responsible for production of the Kenya Law Reports.
7th APRIL 2004 to PRESENT: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC LAW, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI.
JULY 1989 To 6th April 2004: SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW, FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (Subjects taught: Law Relating to Banking, Transnational Business Problems, international Economic Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law of Treaties, Public International Law, Evidence Legal Aspects of Genetic Engineering, Land Law, Conveyancing and Environmental Law and Policy, Law of the Sea and Law Treaties).
Supervision of LLB Undergradauate Dissertation and LLLM Post graduate Master’s Thesis.
JUNE 2002 TO JANUARY 2003: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PUBLIC LAW INSTITUTE.
JANUARY 2003 TO NOVEMBER 2004 DIRETOR CENTRE FOR GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY.
APRIL 2002 TO PRESENT: Consultant to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Policy Training Program.
AUGUST 1989 TO PRESENT: ADVOCATE , HIGH COURT OF KENYA.
FEBRUARY 19th 1997 to
NOVEMBER 2002: CHAIRMAN , DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW , UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (Duties: providing academic and administrative leadership in the department; being in charge of teaching allocation within the department and supervising and coordination all academic activities of staff members attached to the Department, approving study leave and leave of absence, ensuring students are being taught, counseling students, in charge of the administrative assistants employed by the University and attached to the department, coordination association between the Faculty of Law and other Universities, assisting the Dean of the Faculty in the discharge of his duties and assisting the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi in the discharge of his administrative duties as pertaining to the department).
Academic Awards
1985: Awarded the Hamilton, Harisson & Mathews Award for the Best First Year Law Student, University of Nairobi.
1988: Awarded the Yale Scholarship by Yale University.
1991-1993: Awarded Connaught Scholarship by University of Toronto.
1994: Awarded University of Toronto Open Fellowship.
1994: Awarded the Sir Val Duncan Grant by Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto.
2001: Certificate of Achievement for a Course in Intellectual Property Rights granted by the Kenya Industrial Property Office (KIPO), The Registrar General and the Director Kenya Plant Health Services (KEPHIS).
2001: Certificate on Presentation Skills by the Kenya Institute of Management.
Financial Models of IP Offices and IP Statistics
(Paper presented at the Global Symposium of Intellectual Property Authorities Organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization at the Geneva International Conference Center (CIGC)
September 17th and 18th 2009
(Paper Presented by Prof. Otieno-Odek, Managing Director – Kenya Industrial Property Institute – Nairobi, Kenya)
Message
There is always an opportunity cost for every decision and action taken. Every day, we run through numbers to guide our decision-making and legitimize the outcomes. Financial modeling helps managers to make more informed decisions and win corporate commitment for those decisions. The ability to construct useful financial models with speed and accuracy is a key skill for all executives to master.
Abstract
This paper is a presentation of financial model of an Industrial Property Office and IP statistics. The paper is a case study on Kenya. The meaning and significance of financial modeling is explained. The paper identifies three types of financial model for an IP Office. These are:
(i) IP Offices that are part of mainstream government departments either in the Ministry of Justice or Ministry of Trade (or Ministry of Commerce or State Law Office or Industry or Science & Technology) and
(ii) IP Offices that are semi autonomous or
(iii) IP Offices that autonomous.
The paper while focusing on Kenya, examines the arguments for establishing a semi-autonomous Industrial Property Office. Discussion on how to finance a semi-autonomous or autonomous national IP Office is made. In practice, governments retain some control over IP Offices and as such, an autonomous IP office is a rarity. The paper observes that a national IP Office that is autonomous or semi-autonomous has a different financial model compared to a fully-fledged governmental IP department.
The paper identifies various sources of funding available to semi-autonomous or autonomous IP offices. The sources are categorized as:
(i) Government grants (subventions);
(ii) Market-generated (budgetary) funds and Non-market generated (extra-budgetary) funds
(iii) Alternative sources of funds and
(iv) Other sources of funds.
From the Kenya perspective, the advantages of a semi-autonomous IP Office are discussed. Statistics on trends in industrial property registration in Kenya as well as data on financial performance of the Kenya Industrial Property Institute is given. The paper concludes by stating that it is important to anticipate financial fluctuation in a semi-autonomous IP Office and to come up with strategies to cushion the Office from revenue fluctuations. A comparative perspective on financial trends between KIPI and the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) is given.
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