July 28, 2026
The Kenya Intellectual Property Authority Bill, 2026 would end, in one stroke, the three-agency structure that anyone filing or enforcing IP rights in Kenya has had […]
July 27, 2026
The Nairobi Treaty is one of the few pieces of global intellectual property law that carries Kenya’s name because it was actually negotiated and adopted there, […]
July 27, 2026
East African Community IP harmonisation has been a treaty commitment since 1999 and a stated goal ever since, but the honest answer to how far it […]
July 27, 2026
The AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights changed very little for Kenya when it was adopted, and will change quite a lot once it actually enters […]
July 27, 2026
Why South Africa and Nigeria Are Not Madrid Protocol Members: Lessons for Filing Strategy From Kenya
South Africa and Nigeria are not Madrid Protocol members, and that surprises a lot of foreign counsel who assume the continent’s two largest economies would be […]
July 27, 2026
Trademark protection across East Africa is often treated by foreign brand owners as a single regional problem with a single regional answer. It is not. Kenya, […]
July 27, 2026
ARIPO vs OAPI: Why Anglophone and Francophone Africa Split Into Two IP Systems, and Where Kenya Fits
ARIPO vs OAPI is the split that decides which regional filing route, if any, actually reaches a given African country, and Kenya sits firmly on the […]
July 17, 2026
Well-known marks in Kenya get real legal protection without local registration, but only if the fame can be shown inside Kenya itself. A foreign brand owner […]
July 17, 2026
Royalty withholding tax in Kenya is only one half of what a foreign licensor needs to plan for before money can move. A foreign licensor receiving […]
