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Mobile services provider Safaricom has won a protracted legal battle on the ownership of a mobile telephone programme that enables subscribers to obtain airtime on credit.
Commercial Court Judge Mary Kasango dismissed a copyright suit filed by two businessmen - Christopher Omare and Michael Otachi - in 2009 against the telco as they did not produce evidence that their concept was similar to Safaricom’s Okoa Jahazi.
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