Kenya - Imported Goods - Accelerated Clearance But Not For Counterfeits

On 1 August 2011, the Kenya Standard newspaper reported that the Kenya Shippers Council (KSC) have a cunning plan to reduce to three days, the time taken to clear imported goods through the Port of Mombasa. Also known as Kilindini, that port serves land-locked neighbours as well as Kenya and is second only to Durban on the east African range. It is actually my home town and the news snippet conjured back the sun, ships and stevedores, the cargoes, cranes and customs sheds among which I sweated before joining the law. What has all that got to do with intellectual property, I wondered?

The IP connection is there nevertheless and in a case where it applies, it will defeat the best...