Intellectual Property

About

Provided by Bowmans

East Africa remains an investment destination of choice for investors seeking to expand their operations into Africa.

The entry of multiple brands into the region has made the ability to register and protect the rights that investors and clients obtain in their products, services and brands an essential success component in the business environment.

Working as one team coordinated across three jurisdictional offices, our unparalleled dedicated East Africa Intellectual Property (IP) Practice handles:

• IP litigation focussing on trade marks, patents, designs and copyright infringements;
• multi-jurisdictional anti-counterfeits actions/ raids;
• trade mark oppositions and expungement matters in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda;
• designs and patent revocations;
• brand migration advice;
• IP due diligence;
• franchising; and
• competition and IP opinions.

We act for clients both locally and internationally under the Madrid and ARIPO systems of registration, and help our clients with national protection in other countries worldwide through a network of associate agent law firms.

Our clients include leading multinationals from around the world within the financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, and technology, media and telecommunications sectors.