Advocate of Courts of Judicature, Chartered Governance Professional. Senior Registration Officer@URSB;Member of the Uganda Law Society, EAC Law Society, ICSA.
Kampala, Uganda
Joined October 2014
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Don't miss the opportunity to join World Intellectual Property Day Celebrations. In the words of the Registrar General @Mercykains while addressing staff today, "Intellectual Property is the future"
📌 You're invited to join us for the 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 celebrations on April 26, 2024.
🔗 Register in advance for this webinar here: [ursb-go-ug.zoom.us/webinar/r…]
#WorldIPDay #IPDayUG24.
I hosted a Spanish friend in my village. He couldn't believe that such tasty yellow eggs and sweet bananas existed. Our uniquie foods are a great economic asset if we embraced the Geographical Indications system already implemented by @URSBHQ to market our products.
It was an honor to talk to business students of Makerere University Business School (MUB) who are exhibiting their products. We discussed the value of intellectual property in businese competiveness especially trademark and trade secrets protection.
I hired a cab yesterday & upon reaching the destination, I paid the agreed price (50k). The driver then suggests that I shd add 5k as a "thank you" to him. I respond that it is him who has made money and shd therefore be giving me a thank you forgiving him business.
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Your brand is more important than your stock & inventory. Protect it as an intellectual property asset by registering a trademark @URSBHQ
Happy World Wildife Day! I love them bse of their unity, solidarity, equity and justice. They hunt a snake and cut it into equal pieces. If the pieces are not enough, they all don't eat.
A foreign company has granted you an exclusive license to use its brand/trademark in Uganda through franchising or otherwise, you have a right to register the trademark @URSBHQ as a permitted user. See sec.49 of the Trademarks Act.
For brand protection, it's wiser to register your trademark as soon as you conceptualize and exprass the mark. Registration is effected online @URSBHQ website, e-services portal.
Sentiments aside, when you read the ruling of Judge Sebutinde, it is more nuanced and well-reasoned than the majority opinion. The historical and contextual situation and the interplay btn IHL and the Genocide Convention & the limited jurisdiction of ICJ are astute observations !
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Justice Julia Sebuntide is entitled to her judicial decision in South Africa v Isreal. Many pple are attacking her for her judicial decision. That's very wrong. A judge doesn't represent the interests of anyone, not even their country. A judge makes decisions
Registrars' rulings.
The Registrar of trademarks performs, among others, quasi-judicial functions, delivering rulings only appealable to the High Court. For IP practitioners, scholars and students, the rulings can be accessed at;
ursb.go.ug/forms/registrars-…
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An interesting description of what the South Africa v Isreal case means beyond legalese.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Politics of border closure not good for anyone. In the end, its the common citizens that suffer--their businesses and livelihoods shattered by ego-driven drastic and irrational actions of the leaders !
bbc.com/news/world-africa-67…
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