In today’s digital marketplace, images travel faster than contracts. A photograph taken at an event, a clip from a TikTok video, or a smiling face on a brand poster can…
Introduction Transformation refers to the process by which a canceled international trademark registration, usually due to the cancellation of the basic mark within five years, can be converted into a…
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has served up a cautionary tale about how one lawyer’s side hustle turned into a courtroom headline. Eurry Mabonga, a Senior Legal Officer at…
PETER NJUGUNA CHEGE VS TIMSALES LIMITED [2025] KECA 1660 (KLR) Factual background For Peter Njuguna, the Court of Appeal judgement on this matter delivered on 21st October 2025, was a resounding reminder that we…
Recap In our last trademark series, we took you through the modalities of regional trademark registration in Africa, covering various registration regimes such as the ARIPO and the OAPI. In…
Safaricom’s courtroom tango over the theft of personal data belonging to 11.5 million subscribers has officially lost its out-of-court footing. The settlement talks have collapsed, and the matter is now…
In a world where most of life happens online, from banking and business meetings to shopping and socializing, one thing has become clear: privacy protection is only as strong as…
Recap Last week, we provided a simplified trademark registration process in Kenya. We discussed a step-by-step registration process from preliminary trademark search, filing, and examination of the application to registration…
Mwikali & 3 others v Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Health & another; Kenya Obstetrical Gynaecology Society & 2 others (Interested Parties) [2025] KEHC 13908 (KLR) Factual Background On 5th July 2022, the Ministry…
When tax agents at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) opened what looked like a routine parcel from Germany, they expected to find shirts, not a stash. Instead, they stumbled on…
