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Industrial Property Act, Uganda

(Chapter 224)

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Details Details Year of Version 2023 Dates Commenced: April 1, 2015 Published: February 28, 2014 Assented: January 6, 2014 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Other Subject Matter (secondary) Transfer of Technology Notes See Part XIV, Section 80-87 on Technovations.
A “technovation” means a solution to a specific problem in the field of technology, proposed by an employee of an enterprise in Uganda for use by that enterprise, and which relates to the activities of the enterprise but which, on the date of the proposal, has not been used or actively considered for use by that enterprise.

See Section 3 (b) on registration of technology transfer agreements and licenses; and Section 54 (q) on prohibited terms in technology transfer license contracts.

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