Take a patent, utility model or industrial design dispute to the Industrial Property Tribunal
Judiciary Tribunals · sources read 2 Oct 2026
File your appeal or claim with the Industrial Property Tribunal on the Judiciary e-filing portal. Filing an appeal against a KIPI decision costs KSh 15,000.
- Fee
- KSh 15,000Appeal (rule 19(1)), local feeKSh 15,000Application or request under rules 8 to 17 (for example infringement or revocation), local feeKSh 10,000Response by the other side, local fee
- Where
- Online on the Judiciary e-filing portal (efiling.court.go.ke). Office: Weights & Measures Building, Popo Road, off Mombasa Road, South C, Nairobi. Email ipttr@court.go.ke, tel 0769 731 276.
What you need
- Your appeal or application (the form for that rule), with any annexures
- A copy of the KIPI decision you are appealing (if you are appealing)
Steps
- File your appeal or application on the Judiciary e-filing portal (efiling.court.go.ke), choosing the Industrial Property Tribunal.
- The portal works out your fee. Pay it and keep the receipt.
- Can't file online? The tribunal registry will help you file. Office: Weights & Measures Building, Popo Road, South C, Nairobi (ipttr@court.go.ke, 0769 731 276).
Watch out
- If you don't live in Kenya and have no main place of business here, you pay the foreign fee in US dollars instead (US$400 for an appeal).
- The tribunal's listed areas are patents, industrial designs, utility models, technovations and semiconductor technologies. Trade marks are not on that list.
- Unhappy with the tribunal's decision? You can appeal to the High Court.
Who can apply
- Anyone unhappy with a decision of the KIPI Managing Director on a patent, industrial design, utility model, technovation or semiconductor technology.
- Kenyans, foreigners and companies with rights under a patent, industrial design or utility model, and members of the public who benefit from those rights.
- Owners who want to stop infringement: the tribunal can order an injunction or damages.
Official sources (5)
- Industrial Property Tribunal (Tribunals website) tribunals.judiciary.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Industrial Property Tribunal fees tribunals.judiciary.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Know Your Tribunals tribunals.judiciary.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Tribunals Registry Operations Manual (2023) tribunals.judiciary.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Industrial Property Act, Cap. 509 (Revised Edition 2022) kipi.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026