Doing Business in Kenya - RSM International

Years 1 Shs 1,000Year 2 Shs 1,500Year 3 Shs 2,500Year 4 Shs 3,000Year 5 Shs 3,500Year 6 Shs 4,000Year 7 Shs 4,500Year 8 Shs 5,000Year 9 Shs 5,500Year 10 Shs 5,500Industrial DesignAn industrial design is any composition of lines or colours or any three dimensionalform which gives a special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft andcan serve as pattern for a product of industry or handicraft. An industrial design isregistrable if it is new.A person wishing to register an industrial design must send to KIPI the applicationin the prescribed form, a power of attorney, where the applicant is represented byan agent, drawings, photographs or other graphic representations of the articleembodying the industrial design and an indication of the kind of products for whichthe industrial design is to be used together with the application fee. This should beaccompanied with a specimen of the article embodying the industrial design.The duration of protection conferred by a certificate of registration for an industrialdesign is 5 years from the date of filing of the application for registration. However,the registration may be renewed for two further consecutive periods of 5 yearsupon payment of a renewal fee. The fees for the renewal of registration of anindustrial design must be paid within 12 months preceding expiration of the periodof registration but a grace period of 6 months is allowed for the late payment of therenewal fees on payment of a surcharge.TrademarksA trademark is a registered design or name used to identify a manufacturer’s goods.Trademarks have become more and more important in the recent years. KIPI ismandated to implement the Trademarks Act Cap 506 that deals with registration oftrade and service marks.74DOING BUSINESS IN KENYA