Public Notice No. 4/2022

Further to our Public Notice 3/2022 on the implementation of Recordation of Intellectual Property Rights and ACA Import Permit that will commence on 1st January 2023, and pursuant to the provisions of the Anti-Counterfeit Act No. 13 of 2008 (Section 34B) and the Anti-Counterfeit {Recordation} Regulations LN 118/2021 (R4): The public and stakeholders are further notified that:

The Anti-Counterfeit Authority has been re-awarded ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Certification at a handover ceremony held on December 1, 2022, at Its headquarters in Nairobi.  

The Executive Director of the Anti-Counterfeit Authority Dr. Robi Njoroge Mbugua who was accompanied by staff and Senior members of management received the Award. Speaking at the Ceremony, he said that “This is a very important achievement for the Authority and I wish to applaud members of staff for continuously embracing the quality management system in services provision.” he said.

Nairobi, Kenya –  

The Director General of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation Mr. Amin Mohammed officially opened an ACA Enforcement officers training forum at the DCI Academy in South C.  

The DCI Academy is a regional premier law enforcement learning and research institution tasked with training in matters of investigations in the National Police Service Authority and has a long experience in training criminal investigation enforcement officers.   

Public Notice No. 3/2022

Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) is a statutory body established under the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008. ACA is the principal government agency mandated to prohibit trade in counterfeit goods in Kenya.

Following the Extension of the deadline for the commencement of the Recordation of IP Rights for Imports from 1st July 2022 to 1st January 2023 (six months), the Authority wishes to inform stakeholders and members of the public that ACA will commence the Recordation of IP Rights for Imports on 1st January 2023.

3^rd November 2022, Kampala, Uganda.

The Anti-Counterfeit Authority Kenya Executive Director Dr. Robi Mbugua Njoroge made a maiden visit to Kampala Uganda under the invitation of the Uganda’s Anti-Counterfeit Network Africa (ACN) to attend various stakeholder forums on regional efforts towards combating counterfeit trade.

The organizations resolve to enhance their collaboration through structured engagement and working more closely towards combating trade in counterfeit goods.

Nairobi, October 25, 2022.

Today the ACA Executive Director Dr. Robi Mbugua Njoroge paid a courtesy call to the President of Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. Richard Ngatia at his office in Nairobi. Attendees included senior members of ACA Management, the Chief Operating Officer Mr. Patrick Nyangweso and committee members of the Chamber.

Kenyan Intellectual Property Rights investigators and judges, prosecutors, regulators and customs officials from the Anti-Counterfeit Authority, Kenya Revenue Authority, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Pharmacy and Poisons Board and the Kenya Bureau of Standards received training on Intellectual Property Rights to target transnational criminal networks.

Effort geared to heightening existing collaboration in public outreach, education and collaboration in research and innovation.

Nairobi, October 12, 2022.

The Anti-Counterfeit Authority and the Kenya Industrial Property Institute today announced renewed efforts in collaboration to promote and protect intellectual property rights in the country. In a meeting attended by Dr Robi Njoroge Mbugua and Mr. John Onyango, the Acting Managing Director, the institutions agreed to coordinate in public and private sector efforts to combat intellectual property theft in the country.

Kenyan enforcement agencies tasked with the protection of intellectual property rights underwent a two-day sensitization workshop on Intellectual Property Rights recordation at the Movenpick Hotel in Nairobi. The training held from 4th to 5th October 2022, aimed at increasing the front-line enforcement officers’ skills in the recordation of intellectual property rights. 

The workshop was sponsored by the Africa Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation Project in Africa (AfrIPI) through funding from the European Union and implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office – EUIPO. It brought together ACA Enforcement officers, first-line enforcement officers from other governments, and key stakeholders in the IP control process in Kenya. 

Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Authority and Ugandan Anti-Counterfeit Network Africa (CAN) held a meeting today “to exchange ideas on how better to improve collaboration in the fight against counterfeit trade with a major call for regional cooperation to tackle the problem”. ACN is a not-for-profit registered entity in Uganda that aims to bridge the intervention gaps between the multiple stakeholders that affect and are being affected by counterfeits and illicit trade.