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In 2022 the High Court declared the Copyright Act of 1978 unconstitutional following a successful challenge by Blind SA, together with the legal assistance of Section 27.

Uganda's Ministry of Justice and the Uganda Registration Services Bureau are launching a new copyright management system designed to modernise copyright administration and strengthen protections for creators. The system aims to enhance transparency in royalty collection and distribution while streamlining registration procedures and providing more effective enforcement mechanisms for rights holders in Uganda's creative industries.

Uganda's Parliament has passed the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2025, marking a significant milestone for the country's creative industry. The reforms aim to modernize intellectual property laws by improving royalty collection, enforcement mechanisms, and penalties to align with international treaties. This legislative victory has been celebrated as a major advancement for Africa's creative economy.

Uganda's Parliament has passed the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2025, introducing comprehensive reforms to modernize the country's copyright framework. The legislation strengthens enforcement measures, increases penalties for infringement, and enhances protections for digital works while improving royalty collection systems for creators and rights holders.

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO), in partnership with WIPO, Fundación AISGE, the Global Audio-visual Alliance (GAVA), and Uganda's Registration Services Bureau (URSB), hosted the 4th African Regional Seminar on Copyright and Related Rights in the Audiovisual Sector in Kampala from 10–11 September 2025.

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), convened a comprehensive two-day training seminar on ‘collective management...

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

ARIPO, with support of the Government of Uganda is organising a Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Draft Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related in Kampala, Uganda from the 23rd to the 24th of July 2021.

The Ugandan Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2025 marks a significant step in modernising Uganda's intellectual property...

The issue of who holds the copyright in national anthems is not one that comes up much, but it is one that the Ugandan Court of Appeal recently had to consider.