Protecting Industrial Property Rights

No person resident in Kenya must, without written authority granted by the Managing Director, file or cause to be filed outside Kenya, an application for a patent for invention, unless an application for a patent for the same invention has been filed with the Institute not less than six weeks before the filing of the application outside Kenya.

A person who files or causes to be filed an application for the grant of a patent in contravention of this is liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings, or to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.