Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
(6) The contents of the licence contract shall be confidential unless
both parties to the licence contract agree to permit access to it by third
parties and the access shall only be to the extent of the permission granted.
57. Appeal.
(1) A petitioner who is aggrieved by a decision of the registrar
to register a licence contract may appeal against the decision of the
registrar to the court within two months after the registrar’s refusal to
register the licence contract.
(2) The grounds of an appeal under this section shall be limited
to the following—
(a) that the decision of refusal contains no statement of the
reasons for the refusal;
(b) that none of the reasons specified in the decision is valid
under this Act or that the reason was wrongly applied to the
petitioner or to the licence contract; or
(c) that the procedure applied by the registrar was irregular and
prejudicial to the rights of the petitioner.
58. Compulsory licences for non-working and similar reasons.
(1) After the expiration of four years from the filing date of an
application or three years from the grant of a patent, whichever last
expires, a person may apply to the Minister for a licence to exploit the
patented invention on the grounds that the market for the patented
invention is not being supplied, or is not being supplied on reasonable
terms, in Uganda.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a non-voluntary licence
shall not be granted if the owner of the patent satisfies the Minister
that circumstances exist which justify the fact that the market for the
patented invention is not being supplied, or is not being supplied on
reasonable terms, in Uganda.
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