Last Change:
01/23/2025
The Trade Marks Act, Cap 506
Year: 1957
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Housing, land & property
Link to external source:
http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/actview.xql?actid=CAP.%20506
Description
This Act provides for the registration and protection of trademarks.
Selected provisions
Section 7 - Right given by registration
The registration of a person as the proprietor of a trade mark... shall, if valid, give or be deemed to have given to that person the exclusive right to the use of the trade mark.
Section 14 - Prohibition of registration of deceptive, etc., matter
No person shall register as a trade mark or part of a trade mark any matter the use of which would, by reason of its being likely to deceive or cause confusion or otherwise, be disentitled to protection in a court of justice, or would be contrary to law or morality, or any scandalous design.