By Dr. Anthony C.K. Kakooza On 14th of May 2021, the Uganda Registration and Services Bureau (URSB) which houses the Uganda Government Intellectual Property (I.P) Directorate marked a milestone through the launch of an online trademark journal. This is a very significant step in the registration of IP rights in the country and here is why: According to statistics from the 2020 URSB Annual Report, an average of 70% of trademark applications made through URSB are by foreign applicants. Between 2018 and 2019, for instance, foreign trademark applications were 1,827 while 1,723 of these were successfully registered. This left only…




