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Michael is a Legal Executive in the Corporate and Commercial Department of the Firm. He has over 41 years’ experience working in the Intellectual Property (IP) sector.

Michael worked in the Trademarks and Patents Section at the Attorney General of Kenya’s office from 1979 to 1991. He then joined the Kenya Industrial Property Office (KIPO) in February 1991, when the Trademarks and Patents Section was detached from the Attorney General’s Office and served there till August 1992.

Michael has attended several intellectual/industrial property seminars and workshops organized by the Government in conjunction with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Michael handles the day-to-day running of the IP Department. He carries out registration of trademarks, patents, utility models and industrial designs, renewals, changes of name and address, drafting license/ registered user agreements, drafting deeds of assignment, mergers, notices of opposition, counter statements, statutory declarations, statements of case, amendments, alterations, surrender and cancellations. He has been involved in, among other matters

Relevant experience

  • Acting for The Reckitt Benckiser Group of Companies, a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, England and a producer of health, hygiene and home products.
  • Acting for Maersk Group (Maersk), a Danish business conglomerate, with activities in the transport and logistics and energy sectors.
  • Acting for Carl Zeiss AG, a German company involved in the manufacture of horological and chronometric instruments.
  • Acting for Lego Juris A/S, a toy manufacturing giant and arguably the most valuable toy company in the world.
  • Acting for Twiga Chemical Industries Ltd., one of the leading companies in Africa, involved in the distribution of crop protection, animal health, consumer products and explosives.
  • Acting for Farmer’s Choice Ltd., a retailer of fresh and processed beef and pork products in Kenya.
  • Acting for Tencent Holdings Ltd., a Chinese investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, payment systems, smartphones, internet-related services, value-added services and online advertising services in China, and globally.
  • Acting for C. Dorman Ltd., coffee roasters and exporters.
  • Acting for PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk. and PT. Indolakto (Indofood), an Indonesian company involved in the food industry.
  • Acting for Jubilee Holdings Ltd., a financial and insurance service holding company, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and its associated companies.
  • Acting for PT Dexa Medica an Indonesian pharmaceutical manufacturing company.

Education

  • East African Advanced Certificate of Education
  • Various Courses in Industrial Property

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