State agency pushes for protection of intellectual property rights

KIPI Managing Director John Onyango and Kenya National Federation of Jua Kali Association CEO Richard Muteti during Homabay's second International Investment Conference. [File, Standard]

The Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) has called on the business community to be keen while protecting their intellectual property (IP) rights.

Speaking during Homabay's second International Investment Conference, John Onyango, the Managing Director of KIPI, said the agency, as a steward of industrial property rights across patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trademarks, its goal is to empower the business community with the knowledge that it needs to protect its IP rights.