Insights

A foreign brand owner who discovers a Kenyan business has adopted a confusingly similar mark often assumes that global fame alone will settle the matter, since […]

A foreign licensor receiving royalties from a Kenyan licensee, or a Kenyan business licensing its own IP abroad, has to clear two separate compliance layers before […]

A cross-border buyer or investor doing due diligence on a Kenyan target’s IP portfolio usually starts, reasonably enough, by pulling the KIPI and Trade Marks Registry […]

Winning a judgment or arbitral award abroad over an infringement claim, a licensing dispute, or a royalty shortfall is only half the job for a foreign […]

A common assumption among foreign trademark owners is that once WIPO records an international registration designating Kenya, protection is more or less secured unless something unusual […]

Kenya is a contracting state to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Industrial Property Act, 2001 gives the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) its role as […]

Foreign counsel instructing on a Kenyan filing often ask a single question first: do we need a local agent, or can the client file directly? The […]

A foreign trademark owner looking to protect a brand in Kenya is usually told there are three options: file directly at the Kenya Industrial Property Institute […]