Uganda's intellectual property (IP) framework has undergone significant updates in recent years, including the introduction of new trademark regulations and efforts to control counterfeiting.

The Uganda Registration Service Bureau (URSB) has issued public notices calling for the renewal of expired trade mark registrations.

On 5th February 2021, Uganda published their Trademark (Amendment) Regulations No. 9 of 2021 (the Amendment)) which amends Trademark Regulations No.58 of 2012 (the Regulations).

The guidelines, which were created with help from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and regional partners, aim to empower Ugandan innovators...

In February 2024, the Togolese Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology (INPIT) launched a competition for a visual rebrand.

In December 2019, Adams & Adams Partner, Nishan Singh, attended a mediation hearing for a trade mark infringement matter filed at the Commercial Court in Kampala.

On 3rd July 2024, a public stakeholder meeting was held over the Anti Counterfeit Bill in Kampala. The Anti Counterfeit Bill, 2023 is a Private Members Bill...

In 2004, Benson & Hedges (Overseas) Limited filed an opposition against the registration of trade mark application UG/T/2004/039465 B&H in class 9.

The Industrial Property Bill that was passed on the 22nd August 2013 was accepted into Ugandan law on the 6th January 2014.

Uganda is an East African Country that follows the common law system as a former colony of Great Britain. Intellectual Property law in Uganda thus falls under this system.

Uganda has recently published their Trademark (Amendment) Regulations No. 9 of 2021 (the Amendment) which amends Trademark Regulations No.58 of 2012 (the Regulations).

Registration of trademarks in Uganda is enabled by the Principal Legislation on trademarks in Uganda the Trademarks Act No.7 of 2010 that repealed the Trademarks Act Cap 217.

What is a trade mark? Different authorities have given the meaning of a trademark.

Uganda's trademark regulations have been amended, with 26 changes to provisions in the Trademark Regulations 9/2021.

Uganda is located at the heart of sub-Saharan Africa and is bordered by South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Opposition may be made by any person claiming prior rights to exclusive use of the mark or any other interested person that has sufficient grounds.