Kenya: Business Environment
Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
Patent Industrial Property Act, 2001 |
20 years from the request made by the inventor or the beneficiary at the Kenya Intellectual Property Institute |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
Trademark Trademark Act (Amendment, 2007) |
10 years renewable |
Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
Design Industrial Property Act, 2001 |
5 years renewable from the date of registering the request. | |
Copyright Chapter 130, The Copyright Act, 2001 |
50 years after the death of the author or up to 50 years after the death of the last author in the case of a joint work. |
Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
Industrial Models Industrial Property Act, 2001 |
Ten years non-renewable |
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