Sector-Specific Practices

Our innovative approaches encompass all aspects of intellectual property and brand protection. Our Intellectual Property Team (IPT) offer clients an integrated approach to protecting their intellectual assets in Kenya and across Africa. Combining insightful advice and innovative tools, we help clients in obtaining, defending, enforcing, and exploiting intellectual property rights, including trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights and patents.
We offer seamless service on a range of matters, from advising on registrability, conducting trademark searches, registration and maintenance, to commercialization, protection and enforcement. We also appreciate that effective protection of groundbreaking technologies and successful litigation of patent disputes are critical aspects of today’s increasingly competitive business environment. Equipped with in-depth knowledge of local IP laws and commercial practices drawn from on-the-ground experience in the market, we deliver specialist advice in specific areas of intellectual property law such as licensing and franchising, technology transfer, IP prosecution, IP litigation and enforcement actions
In a constantly changing competitive market, the IPT provide cutting-edge advice on:

• General IP advisory;
• Trade mark registration/portfolio management;
• Official and unofficial Registry searches;
• Trade mark/trade dress litigation/opposition/expungement;
• Anti-piracy/anti-counterfeiting;
• Patent filing and registration;
• Patent litigation/prosecution; and
• IP audit and due diligence