Over the last two years, the Anti-Counterfeiting Agency (the ‘ACA'), working with industry stakeholder representatives have developed the Anti-counterfeit (Recordation) Regulations to guide...

The Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry in Kenya recently issued a directive to the Managing Director of the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI), which provided that no trade marks, patents...

Kenya's Anti-Counterfeit Authority has made it compulsory to record IP rights on all imported goods (not services) in Kenya by no later than 1 July 2022.

The Kenyan High Court recently clarified the level of evidence required for trade mark owners to successfully obtain injunctions in trade mark infringement proceedings.

The administration of intellectual property in Kenya is currently fragmented. The Kenya Industrial Property Institute (“KIPI”) administers patents, trade marks, utility models and industrial designs...

In 2008, the assent of the Anti-Counterfeit Act by the then president, the late Mwai Kibaki, put counterfeiters on notice that there was a new sheriff in town: the Anti-Counterfeit Authority...

In Fibrelink Limited v Star Television Productions Limited, the High Court of Kenya heard an appeal against an earlier decision of the Registrar of Trade Marks in an opposition by the Respondent against the ...

These IP Rights include: copyright, plant breeders rights, trade marks and all rights under the Industrial Property Act.

As part of its initiative to curb illicit trade in counterfeit goods, the Kenyan government has introduced the compulsory recordation of IP rights at the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority.

In a recent appeal to the High Court in Kenya concerning the THERMOS trade mark, the question whether the Registrar of Trade Marks

Stiff penalties await dealers in counterfeit goods in Kenya once a new law on counterfeits is enacted.

In order to curb the rise of counterfeit goods offered for sale online in Kenya, the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority is proposing to partner with Kenya's Digital Markets.

Recently, the Arbitration Tribunal ("the Tribunal") in Kenya adjudicated a dispute concerning the domain name bluehost.co.ke.

Protecting trademarks should be a priority when starting a new business.

The Anti-Counterfeit (Recordation) Regulations and the Anti-Counterfeit (Amendment) Regulations, 2021...

On 23 February 2022, the Anti-Counterfeit Authority announced that they had concluded the migration process to the Anti-Counterfeit Authority Integrated Management System ("AIMS")...

Intellectual Property rights (IP rights) are a form of property granted through trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyrights and geographical indications, among others, that enable the owner to

A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination of these things that identifies your goods or services.

In simple terms, a counterfeit is a product that imitates the genuine one and constitutes an infringement of IP rights.

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