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SAMAKI INDUSTRIES (NAIROBI) LIMITED
V.
SAMAKI INDUSTRIES(KENYA) LIMITED

(1997) JELR 93883 (CA)

Court of Appeal 17 Oct 1997 Kenya
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- The case concerned competing claims between two Kenyan companies—one based in Mombasa (respondent) and one in Nairobi (appellant)—over the proprietorship of Trade Mark No. 18027 in Class 29, originally registered for fish products and ren

Case Details

Suit Number:Civil Case 235 of 1996
Judges:Johnson Evan Gicheru, Riaga Samuel Cornelius Omolo, Gurbachan Singh Pall
Location:Malindi
Other Citations:SAMAKI INDUSTRIES (NAIROBI) LIMITED v. SAMAKI INDUSTRIES(KENYA) LIMITED [1997] eKLR

JUDGMENT OF GICHERU, J.A.

The respondent, a limited liability company incorporated in Kenya with its registered office at Mombasa and whose business is marketing of both marine and lake fish products all over Kenya besides exportation of the same claimed in a plaint dated and filed in the superior court on 26th July, 1990 to be the registered proprietor of the Trade Mark Number 18027 in class 29 (Schedule 111) registered under the Trade Marks Act, chapter 506 of the Laws of Kenya, hereinafter called the Act, for a period of 14 years with effect from 26th October, 1977. That trade mark in the label of a fish under which is inscribed in bold capital letters the word “INDUSTRIES” appeared on all the respondent’s letterheads, stationery, freight cases, bicycles, et al. Since the registration of the said trade mark, the appellant, also a limited liability company incorporated in Kenya with its registered office at Nairobi and carrying on similar business as that carried on by the respondent…

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