"Basmati" decision in Kenya disregards protection of unregistered trade marks

Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal of Kenya dismissed the oppositions to six trade mark applications containing the words BASMATI RICE, on the grounds that the term is not a registered geographical indication in Kenya. This caught the attention of Katfriend Caroline Wanjiru Muchiri (University of Pretoria), who has been collaborating with this Kat on a project about geographical