Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
Ministry responsible for finance, make such payment by
way of compensation to the applicant, as appears to be
reasonable having regard to the inventive merit and utility
of the invention, the purpose for which it is designed and
any other relevant circumstances.
(7) Where the applicant is dissatisfied with the amount of
compensation paid to him or her under subsection (6), he or she may
appeal to the court.
(8) Where a patent is granted in response to an application in
respect of which directions have been given under this section, no
renewal fees shall be payable in respect of any period during which
those directions remain in force.
(9) A person who fails to comply with a direction under this
section commits an offence and is on conviction, liable to a fine not
exceeding forty eight currency points or imprisonment not exceeding
two years or both.
15. Restriction on applications abroad by residents of Uganda.
(1) Subject to this section, a person resident in Uganda shall not
without written authority granted by the registrar, file or cause to be filed
outside Uganda, an application for a patent, unless—
(a) an application for a patent for the same invention has been
filed with the registrar not less than six weeks before the
filing of the application outside Uganda; and
(b) no directions have been given under section 14 in relation
to the application in Uganda or any such directions given
have been revoked.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an application for a patent for an
invention in respect of which an application for a patent has first been filed
in a country outside Uganda by a person resident outside Uganda.
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