A trademark is a distinctive mark that distinguishes the products of one company from another. Registering a trademark protects a company's intellectual property and allows them to defend their mark from infringement. The procedure for registering a trademark in Kenya involves searching to ensure the mark is not already registered, applying to the registrar, examination of the mark, advertisement of the application, and issuance of a registration certificate. Capita Registrars is a company that handles trademark registration in Kenya.
2. What is a trademark?
A trademark is a distinctive mark that distinguishes
products of your company from those of a similar or
another company.
The trademark may consist of one or more
distinctive word, letter, numbers, drawings, pictures,
signatures, colours or a combination of all these.
Examples include Blueband, Safaricom, Calpol,
Cocacola, KQ
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3. Why Register a trademark
To protect the company’s intellectual property.
To effectively defend the company in the event legal
action is brought against your company for using
another company’s trademark.
It gives you/your company an exclusive right to use
the mark. If another company infringes on your mark,
you can effectively initiate legal action against them.
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4. Procedure for registration of a trademark
Search that the mark to be registered has not been
registered by another person/company.
Application- if the mark is available for registration,
apply to the Registrar to have the mark registered.
Examination of the trademark- the registrar will
examine the trademark for suitability for registration
and to ensure that it does not infringe on another
company’s
Advertisement in the journal- this takes a period of
60 days in the KIPI Journal.
Issuance of certificate
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5. Contact us for registration of trademarks
Capita Registrars
Royal Offices, Mogotio Road
Westlands, Nairobi
P.O. Box 101795 00101
Nairobi
Kenya
Email: info@capitaregistrars.co.ke
Website: www.capitaregistrars.co.ke
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