Patricia is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial and Intellectual Property teams.
She assists in filing and maintaining of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, utility models, plant varieties and copyright in Kenya, Somaliland and Somalia for our local and international clients. She is also experienced in the filing and prosecution procedures in both regional and international registration systems such as the Madrid system, ARIPO and OAPI.
She assists in conducting research on commercial aspects of IP such as IP licensing and transfers, franchising and general advisory on IP rights.
Within the Corporate and Commercial team, she is instrumental in the preparation of legal opinions on business set-up as well as the review of commercial contracts.
On 31 December 2025, Zambia completed a significant overhaul of its trade mark regime with the operationalisation of the Trade Marks Act No. 11 of 2023, following the signing of Statutory Instrument No. 86 of 2025. The new Act repeals the Trade Marks Act of 1958 and represents a decisive
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania has delivered a landmark decision in Lakairo Industries Group Co. Ltd & Others v. Kenafrica Industries Ltd & Others, Civil Appeal No. 593 of 2022 (26 September 2025), reaffirming that foreign or ARIPO trade mark registrations do not confer enforceable rights in Tanzania without
In Kenya, the Industrial Property Act, 2001 defines an industrial design as “any composition of lines or colours or any three-dimensional form … giving a special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft and capable of serving as a pattern” Notably, the protection is limited to aesthetics; the shape,
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