HOW TO REGISTER A TRADEMARK IN KENYA

A Trademark helps protect against infringement and use of creative works by third parties to the registered creative work.

Ingredients of trademark: Requirements     

ü  The name of a company, individual or firm making the application.

ü  The signature or seal of the applicant for registration or some predecessor in his business.

ü  An invented word or invented words; A word or words having no direct reference to the character or quality of the goods, and not being according to its ordinary signification a geographical name or a surname.

ü  Any other distinctive mark.

ü  Proposed Trade Mark name for name search approval.

ü  Proposed Art Work and Trade mark description.

ü  Names of the applicant /s in Full.

ü  Postal address for the Applicant.

ü  Proposed Physical address of the Applicants. Address includes road, plot number, town, county / Country.

ü  Copy of Registration certificates where applicants is a Business.

PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF A TRADEMARK IN KENYA.

NAME SEARCH.
Preliminary Search;  To find out whether the trademark is registrable or not and also whether there exists in the records a trademark which could be confused with the intended trade mark.

APPLICATION FORM TM2.
Application made to the Registrar on form TM 2 accompanied by seven (7) representations of the mark

Filling of form TM 32 (for entry of the address of service in Kenya)

PUBLICATION.
When the application is accepted, it shall be advertised in the Industrial Property Journal or Kenya gazette to allow any interested party an opportunity to raise objections to the pending application prior to registration.
The advertisement is for 60 days.

REGISTRATION.
Where there is no objection in the mandatory 60 days, the process of registration begins.

REGISTER YOUR TRADEMARK NOW. Mail us at  akoffide@lawyer.com

We shall contact you to verify the details and proceed with your registration.