Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
49. Joint ownership of application and patent.
(1) In the absence of an agreement to the contrary between the
parties, joint owners of a patent or an application for a patent may,
separately—
(a) transfer their shares in the patent or the application for the
patent;
(b) exploit the protected patent, and preclude any person from
exploiting the patent;
(2) The joint owners may only jointly grant permission to any
third person to do any of the acts referred to in section 38.
PART X—CONTRACTUAL LICENCES.
50. Rights of licensee.
(1) In the absence of any provision to the contrary in a licence
contract, the licensee is entitled to do any of the acts referred to in
section 38 in respect of the invention, without limitation as to time, in
Uganda and in any field of use of the invention, utility model or
industrial design.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) the licensee may not grant
permission to a third person to do any of the acts referred to in section 38.
51. Right of licensor to grant further licences and use of the
invention.
(1) In the absence of any provision to the contrary in the licence
contract, the licensor may grant permission to any person to do, or
may himself or herself do, any of the acts, which constitute exercising
the rights of ownership.
(2) Where the licence contract provides that the permission
granted by the licence contract is exclusive, the licensor may neither
grant permission to a third person to do any of the acts referred to in
section 38 and covered by the licence contract, nor himself or herself
do any of those acts, and the licensee shall be considered an exclusive
licensee for the purposes of this Act.
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