Act 17
Trademarks Act
2010
“limitation” means any limitation of the exclusive right to the
use of a trademark given by the registration of a person as
owner of the trademark, including limitation of that right as
to mode of use, in relation to goods to be sold or otherwise
traded in, in any place in Uganda, or in relation to goods to
be exported to any market outside Uganda;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for justice;
“passing off” means falsely representing one’s own product as
that of another in an attempt to deceive potential buyers;
“permitted use” has the meaning assigned to it by section 49 (2);
“register” means the register of trademarks kept under section 2;
“registered trademark” means a trademark that is registered
under Part III of this Act;
“registrar” means an officer designated as registrar of trademarks
under the Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act;
“sign or mark” includes any word, symbol, slogan, logo, sound,
smell, colour, brand label, name, signature, letter, numeral
or any combination of them;
“surname” means a name by which a person is customarily
known by members of the community to which he or she
belongs;
“trademark” means, a sign or mark or combination of signs or
marks capable of being represented graphically and capable
of distinguishing goods or services of one undertaking from
those of another undertaking;
“transmission” means devolution by operation of law, devolution
on the personal representative of a deceased person or any
other mode of transfer not being an assignment.
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