A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a
combination of these things that identifies your goods or services.
It's how customers recognize you in the marketplace and
distinguish you from your competitors. Kenya Industrial
Property Institute (KIPI) a parastatal under the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise
Development is responsible for Trademark registration in
Kenyarademarks in Kenya are categorized in accordance with the
International Classification of Goods and Services as provided for
under the NICE protocol.
Kenya is one of the members of the African Regional Industrial
Property Organization (ARIPO). ARIPO is based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Kenya is also empowered by the Harare protocol on patents and
industrial designs to grant patents and register industrial designs
on behalf of states also signatory to this protocol. The country is
a signatory to a number of key international IP (Intellectual
Property) agreements, one of such being
