"I was misunderstood," Moya David clarifies talk about patenting his dance moves

The content creator, who has become one of the biggest dancing Tiktokers in Africa, ruffled a few feathers a few days ago after he said that he was intending to patent his dance style in a bid to deter copycats from biting his skill.

"It's my creativity but people sometimes don't give me the recognition I deserve," he told local YouTubers. 

"Anyone who tries to imitate my style the law will take its course. I have patented all the dance styles that I do."

The statement did not sit well with a majority of his fans and people in general and the dnacer was forced to clarify what exactly he meant by 'patenting his style'.

In an interview with YouTuber Mungai Eve, Moya doubled down on his earlier statement, seeking to clarify the confusion.

"Me copyrighting the choreography doesn't mean that I'm preventing people from dancing. It's only that I am owning the rights to my creation.

"In case non-fungible token (NFT) decides that they want to buy the dance, how will I prove it's mine? You just need to have the certificate to prove that you created the choreography," explained Moya.

Moya added that he was not preventing people from dancing but rather protecting his work which is not a bad thing to do.

The high-flying dance maven also opened up on how he was shocked when he saw comments claiming that a dance move can't be copyrighted.

"I saw some comments stating that one cannot copyright your own dance. Imagine you can. It is possible," added Moya.

Just recently, Cotu secretary general Francis Atwoli, famous for his witty one-liners, also obtained a patent for the viral phrase, "alaa, alaa, alaa". 

A statement from the Kenya Intellectual Property Insitute indicated that Atwoli has the exclusive right to the now famous phrase until 2031.