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Welcome to the official website of the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI)-a Parastatal under the Ministry of Industrialization. The functions of the Institute are;
1.To administer Industrial Property rights;
2. Provision of technological information to the public;
3. Promoting inventiveness in Kenya and
4. Provision of training on Industrial Property.
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KIONDO IDEA THEFT: AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MYTH!
Several articles have in the past appeared in the media alleging the loss of the kiondo by Kenya to foreigners. However, this is an Intellectual Property myth, according to Sylvance Sange, Principal Examiner at Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI). According to a research paper, no Kenyan kiondo product had been refused entry into either Japan or the UK following claims of intellectual property rights. ..........Read more