Patent Law Reform in Uganda: Addressing Priorities and Strategies
Abstract The Republic of Uganda is presently engaged, as many other developing countries, in reform of its intellectual property laws. The process raises a number of questions as to whether...
The WTO process, Geographical Indications and the East African Community: the state of play
As a legal concept Geographical Indications (GIs) received international recognition for the first time through the TRIPS Agreement. Many developing countries subsequently realized that the protection of GIs could possibly...
Why we should worry about data protection
‘Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn’t be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet’ – Gary Kovacs In recent weeks, online & print media have...
Why the UPDF’s presence in Somalia is important
On Saturday 22nd November, we received with horror the news that terror organization Al-Shabaab claimed an attack that killed 28 people on a bus in Northern Kenya. Around 100 gunmen,...
Why Ssebagala lost his “Copyright in a speech” case
It would seem that Al Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebagala’s woes have now evolved beyond Politics. The witty politician has lost a case he filed against MTN Uganda (and SMS Media...
Why We Need Information Technology Standards
The Digital age, has brought with it an influx of computer systems, software, firmware and and other related resources used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation and processing of data. These...
TRANSFORMING UGANDA’S LAND REGISTRIES WITH THE USE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
Uganda has a very unique land tenure system, each land tenure type bearing different rights and modalities. The land tenure system of Uganda is comprised of Mailo Tenure, Leasehold Tenure,...
The right to privacy in Police investigations
This author read with interest an article in Saturday’s Vision about the way in which the Police parades suspects before the media. These parades most often than not get the...
The Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Human Right
"The right to be let alone is a part of the right to enjoy life. The right to enjoy life is in its turn, a part of the fundamental right...
The Right to Privacy and the Right to be forgotten by the Internet
We are living in a world where there is no such thing as absolute privacy. With the increasing popularity of Social media, most Ugandans now have extensive digital footprints comprised...
The Poor African Story
Darwin, the great naturalist proposed that in nature the strong will always prevail over the weak. Now, in his defense it has been argued that when he proposed the said...
The issues involved in Digital Migration
The legal issues involved in Digital Migration and lessons from Kenya. Digital migration refers to the switch from an analog broadcasting system to a digital broadcasting system. The International Telecommunications...