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 goods bearing Intellectual Property Rights being imported into Kenya.
That Notice required that all Intellectual Property Rights Holders to record their Intellectual Property Rights through the AIMS system by no later than 1st July 2022.
On the 23rd May 2022 and after extensive stakeholder engagement, the ACA issued Public Notice NO. 2/2022, depicted below, extending the deadline to submit a mandatory recordal until 1st January 2023 to afford Intellectual Property Rights Holders more time for compliance. Read more