Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) refers to a class of intangible assets that result from a person’s intellectual or creative effort. Kenyan Law, led by the Supreme law, recognizes all forms of IP including trademarks, patents, copyright, industrial designs and plant breeders’ rights, trade secrets, know-how and proprietary and confidential information.
We have a specialist intellectual property (IP) team that offers comprehensive, cross-border service to meet our clients’ local, regional and global needs in all these forms of Intellectual Property.
Our expertise in this area include:
a) Trademarks
- Availability searches
- Registration of trade and service marks
- Licensing and assignments
- Advice and representation in Opposition and citation proceedings
- Advice and representation in infringement and passing off proceedings
- Advice and representation in expungement proceedings (on grounds of non-use and without just cause)
- IP due diligence and verification.
b) Patents and utility models
- Local and ARIPO Patent Applications for grant of Patent
- National Phase entry of PCT Patent Applications for grant of Patent
- Annuity payments (For Applications and Patents)
- Licensing and assignments
- Conversion of Patent applications to utility model applications.
c) Industrial designs
- Applications for registration of Industrial designs
- Licensing and assignments
- Advice and representation in Opposition proceedings
- Advice and representation in infringement and passing off proceedings
- Advice and representation in expungement proceedings.
d) Copyright & related rights
- Advise on the subsistence of copyright
- Representation in Infringement proceedings
- Licensing and Assignment of economic rights
- Enforcement of royalty rights for and against collective management societies.
Jackson Awele Onyango
Founding and Managing Partner
awele@awelejackson.co.ke