Govt Issues 30 Day Ultimatum to Business Owners Traders at a sensitisation for workshop for MSMEs in Baringo on October 13, 2020. Twitter The government has issued a 30-day ultimatum for businesses to renew their trademark applications in line with new rules. In a special edition of the Industrial Property Journal, the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) - the parastatal charged with administering industrial property rights - stated that trademark owners that would not have filed a renewal application for their marks will be removed. The period was open from February 15, 2021, and will lapse on April 2021.The agency had earlier published information on a number of updated trademark rules.