Wednesday 22 January 2014

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Kenya's Industrial Property Tribunal revokes Sanitam patent on sanitary bin

Afro IP has been informed that the Industrial Property Tribunal delivered a ruling yesterday revoking the (notorious) Sanitam patent AP773 granted in 1999 by ARIPO.

More detailed analysis of the case will be posted once the Tribunal's ruling is available.

Previous posts relating to the revoked patent:
ARIPO's first patent appeal decision
Sanitary patent wars
Tribunal has no mandate to revoke ARIPO patents ,
Tribunal has mandate to revoke ARIPO patents
Sanitam obtains interlocutory injunction against Bins ltd

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