Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
(2) Drawings, photographs or other graphic representations and
specimens of industrial designs shall be kept by the registrar for eight
years after the expiry of the registration and may be examined by any
interested person on payment of the prescribed fee.
(3) After publication, a person may, on payment of a prescribed
fee, obtain an official copy of the application, representations or
specimens from the registrar.
(4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) apply to official copies furnished
by applicants seeking to avail themselves of the priority of an earlier
registration and to the documents enabling certain applicants to claim
the priority.
(5) An applicant for registration of an industrial design seeking
to avail himself or herself outside Uganda of the priority of his or her
registration before registration of the industrial design may obtain an
official copy of his or her application.
78. Publication of reference to registration of industrial designs.
(1) The registrar shall publish a reference to the registration of
all industrial designs, which shall contain, in addition to the
prescribed details—
(a) the number of the industrial design;
(b) the date of filing of the application;
(c) the mention of any validly claimed priority; and
(d) the drawings, photographs or other graphic representations
of the industrial design and an indication whether a
specimen has been deposited with the registrar.
79. Rights conferred by registration of industrial designs and
related matters.
(1) Registration of an industrial design shall confer upon its
registered owner the right to preclude third parties from performing
any of the following acts in Uganda—
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