Act 17 Trademarks Act 2010 (2) The use of the whole of a registered trademark shall for the purposes of this Act, be taken to be use of a registered trademark, being a part, registered in the name of the same owner by virtue of section 30 (1). 55. Use of trademark for export trade. The application in Uganda of a trademark relating to goods or services to be exported from Uganda and any other act done in Uganda in relation to goods or services to be so exported which, if done in relation to goods or services to be sold or otherwise traded in within Uganda would constitute use of a trademark, shall be taken to constitute use of the trademark in relation to those goods or services for any purpose for which the use is material under this Act. 56. Use of trademark after change in form of trade connection. (1) The use of a registered trademark in relation to goods in any form of connection with the course of trade subsisting shall not be taken to be likely to cause deception or confusion on the ground only that the trademark has been or is used in relation to goods between which and that person or a predecessor in title his or her a different form of connection in the course of trade subsisted or subsists. (2) The use of a registered trademark in relation to services between the provision of which and the person using it in any form of connection in the course of business subsists shall not be taken to be likely to cause deception or confusion on the ground only that the trademark has been or is used in relation to services between the provision of which and that person or a predecessor in title of his or her a different form of connection in the course of business subsisted or subsists. PART VI—LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND APPEALS. 57. Power of registrar to award costs. (1) In all proceedings before the registrar, the registrar may award to any party costs as he or she may consider reasonable and may direct how and which parties are to be paid. 53