Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
(e) an action for infringement of the patent shall lie under this
Act only if the alleged infringement occurred on or after the
commencement of this Act, and in any other case may be
referred to the Industrial Property office and disposed of as
if this Act had not been enacted.
(3) So far as is necessary for the purposes of subsection (2), the
register of patents under the former Patents Act shall continue to be
maintained and shall be taken to be part of the register under this Act.
(4) Section 53 of this Act shall not apply to licence contracts and
contracts assigning the right to patent or assigning applications or
patents, if the contract is concluded before the commencement of this
Act and is submitted for registration to the registrar within sixty days
from the commencement of this Act.
(5) Where the registered proprietor of any design registered in
the United Kingdom enjoyed privileges and rights in Uganda under
the former United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Act immediately
before the commencement of this Act, those privileges shall continue
until they cease to exist under the United Kingdom Act subject to
regulations made by the Minister under section 104 of this Act.
(6) All the funds, assets and other property, movable and
immovable, which immediately before the commencement of this
Act, were held by the Government on behalf of the former office
shall, by virtue of this section and without further assurance, vest in
the Government on behalf of the registrar.
(7) Every public officer having the power or duty to effect or
amend any entry in the register relating to property, or to issue or
amend any certificate or other document effecting or evidencing title
to property, shall, without payment of any fee or other charge and
upon request by or on behalf of the registrar do all such things as are
by law necessary to give final effect to the transfer of any property
mentioned in subsection (6) to the registrar.
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