ELAINE MBUGUA
Email: EMbugua@kapstrat.com
Position: Senior Associate
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
| Forensics and Due Diligence
Elaine Mbugua's Bio
Elaine joined Kaplan & Stratton in 2013 and qualified as an advocate in 2014. She specializes in intellectual property law including trade marks, patents, designs, copyright and domain names as well as licensing agreements. She is also engaged in conducting legal due diligences and advising on general commercial law.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Law Society of Kenya
- International Bar Association
ADMISSIONS
- Advocate – High Court of Kenya
- Commissioner for Oaths
EDUCATION
- Queen Mary University of London – LLM in Intellectual Property Law
- Advanced certifications in Intellectual Property Law – WIPO Academy, Geneva
- Kenya School of Law – Post Graduate Diploma in Law
- University of South Africa – Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
LANGUAGES
- English
- Swahili
EXPERIENCE
- Preparing opinions on trade mark, patent and copyright matters in response to client queries.
- Drafting submissions to the registrar of trade marks against disclaimer conditions and citations.
- Drafting notices of opposition, expungement applications, counterstatements, statutory declarations submissions and bills of costs for taxation.
- Carrying out research in all areas of intellectual property matters and providing advice to clients and potential clients in answer to inquiries.
- Drafting industrial design and patent applications and amendments to claims in patent applications in response to requests from KIPI and ARIPO patent registries.
- Advising on trade mark, patent, industrial design and copyright protection and steps to be taken for registration.
- Reviewing and advising on licensing agreements.
- Advising clients on domain name matters.
- Analyzing availability search results and providing reports to clients.
- Attending hearings before the Registrar and Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks.