KENYA – ARIPO

COUNTRY : REPUBLIC OF KENYA  

CAPITAL     : NAIROBI  

LANGUAGE  : ENGLISH  

 

 

The Intellectual Property Rights Office of Kenya is known as the Kenya Industrial Property Institute KIPI.  

 

ARIPO is a comity of 18 Former English Colonies which are also English speaking Countries. Member Countries are: BOTSWANA, GAMBIA, GHANA, KENYA, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, RWANDA, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, TANZANIA, UGANDA, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE.

African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation known more commonly by its acronym (ARIPO) was established through the Lusaka Agreement and is headquartered at Harare Zimbabwe.

 

PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS IN KENYA:

  1. NATIONAL FILING 
    Filing with the national office
  2. ARIPO DESIGN REGISTRATION
    Kindly refer our treaty on ARIPO Design Registration.

 

Therefore, to obtain Registration of Industrial Design  in Kenya, there are two options from which the applicant can choose.


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