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Industrial Property Act
2014
36. Provisional protection of published international
applications.
(1) Relief against infringement may be sought in respect of acts
committed before the grant of the patent but after the date of
international publication under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, where
the international publication is effected in English.
(2) If the international publication is effected in a language other
than English, subsection (1) shall apply where the applicant has
transmitted an English translation of the international publication to
the infringer and only in respect of acts committed by the latter after
he or she had received the transaction.
37. Publication of international applications.
An international application which is published under article 21 of the
Patent Cooperation Treaty and in which Uganda is designated for a
national patent shall be treated as published under section 29.
PART VII—RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR THE
OWNER OF THE INVENTION.
38. Rights of the owner.
(1) The applicant or the owner of an invention has the right—
(a) on fulfilling the relevant requirements under this Act, to be
granted the patent;
(b) to make, use, exercise and sell the invention exclusively,
and may preclude any person from exploiting the patented
invention without his or her authorization by any of the
following acts—
(i) where the patent has been granted in respect of a product,
making, importing, offering for sale, selling and using
the product or stocking the product for the purposes of
offering for sale, selling or using the product;
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