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ARTICLE · 06 NOVEMBER 2019

Latest Developments To The National Intellectual Property Policy

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The Intellectual Property (IP) evolution in Uganda started in 1913 when a first patent was registered. The patent was registered under Britain's Patents

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Aneria Bouwer
Aneria Bouwer

The Intellectual Property (IP) evolution in Uganda started in 1913 when a first patent was registered. The patent was registered under Britain's Patents, Designs and Trademarks Ordinance of 1912, a piece of legislation that Uganda inherited from the British IP system pre-independence.

Whereas there are different statutes of parliament that govern the different forms of IP, there has been an information gap among stakeholders in the IP community and poor enforcement of rights under the laws. The laws that govern IP rights in Uganda include the Trademarks Act 2010 and the regulations under it, the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2006 and its regulations, The Trade Secrets Act 2009 and the Industrial Property Act of 2014 and the regulations thereunder, which repealed the Patents Act Cap 216.

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