Africa is a vast continent and is often underestimated, both from a business but also from a brand protection perspective. Africa’s land mass exceeds that of India, China, the United States and Europe combined. It is also the second most populous continent, with over...
Godfrey Budeli
KENYA – Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) Mandatory Recordal System – Implementation Deadline of 1st January 2023 looming
Adams & Adams Partner and Head of our Anti-Counterfeiting Department, Godfrey Budeli, recently met with Dr Robi Mbugua Njoroge, the current CEO of the Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA), together with the ACA Management, Legal and Compliance, Investigations and...
DEADLINE FOR MANDATORY RECORDAL OF IP RIGHTS IN KENYA EXTENDED TO 1ST JANUARY 2023
Dear Clients and Colleagues, On the 26th of April 2022, the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority (“ACA”) published Public Notice, No. 1/2022, in which it announced a deadline for the recordal on the Anti-Counterfeit Authority Integrated Management System (“AIMS”) of all...
Anti-Dissipation Interdicts in Counterfeit Goods Cases
There is nothing more frustrating to a trade mark proprietor than going through the effort of securing a judgment in a counterfeit goods case, only for the defendant to use every trick in the book to frustrate the collection of the judgment debt.
Beware of counterfeit medical supplies
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there is a shortage of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), hand sanitizers and other disinfectants across the globe. As a result, there has been an influx of counterfeit PPE’s entering African countries which could increase the risk of infection
OFFENCE IS THE BEST DEFENCE IN ANTI-COUNTERFEITING | GODFREY BUDELI
Partner in the Anti-Counterfeiting group at Adams & Adams, Godfrey Budeli regularly uses team sport analogies in describing the purpose and successes of his colleagues' work. "Why not?," he counters. "As in football, the success of a team depends on correct team...
THERE’S THIS LAWYER | GODFREY BUDELI
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